SimpleDL is digital collection management software that allows for the upload, description, management and access of digital collections. In addition to that, it is UTF-8 compatible. SimpleDL is not limited by format and is capable of handling documents, PDFs, images,

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, audio files, and data only objects. Furthermore, it can connect content so multipage documents, scores, or books can be uploaded and organized into chapters, books or by page number. It can also combine any number of images into one display object. The software is mostly used by libraries, archives, museums, government agencies, universities, corporations, historical societies, and other organizations that wish to host a digital collection. On March 24, 2016 SimpleDL announced that it was being purchased by Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting LLC, which offers digital consulting and hosting services, and supports the opensource SobekCM digital hosting software.{{Cite web, url=http://simpledl.blogspot.com/2016/03/simpledl-acquired-by-sobek-digital.html, title=SimpleDL acquired by Sobek Digital Hosting and Consulting, last=, first=, date=March 24, 2016, website=, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=April 9, 2019

Design

SimpleDL is standards-based and supports numerous industry standards including

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, Qualified Dublin Core, XML, and OAI-PMH. The metadata is based on

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, a flexible extensible metadata standard created by

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in 1995. Dublin Core has been accepted as an NISO standard (NISO Standard Z39.85-2001).

The Process: How It Works

Digital items can be added to a SimpleDL digital collection through standard web browsers and standard web interfaces. Items can be added one at a time or in batches. The digital collections reside on a server, either locally or at the firm. Additional functions are available such as creating and editing metadata templates, administering the use of

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, importing metadata (tab-delimited text), exporting metadata in

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, generating OCR during the import export using the OCR Extension, and viewing statistical reports.

Framework

Searching abilities are provided by a custom

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build, permanent storage is provided by

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database engine, and pages are served through the Apache HTTP Server and

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. The software has an option to store and deliver the digital documents with Amazon S3 to provide high durability of files. SimpleDL hosted collections are hosted using Amazon EC2 servers.

References

External links

SimpleDL's Website
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