GSoC project "ContentDM Integration"

[Andrew Hall]

Hello,


My name is Andrew and I am very interested in working with DuraCloud in the Google Summer of Code this year. I was looking at the project idea for "ContentDM Integration" and I was just wondering if ContentDM refers to CONTENTdm by OCLC. I was hoping to read more about it to fully gauge the requirements. I think this could be something I could handle, if I get to work on it. Also, what language would the solution have to be written in, and would it be stand-alone or integrated to some other part of the software. I am a CS student, with lots of experience in Java and some experience in a bunch of other languages as well.



Thank you for you time,




Andrew Hall

[Bill Branan]

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for your interest in the DuraCloud project. To answer your questions:

- Yes, the project referring to "ContentDM" is indeed an integration with CONTENTdm by OCLC.

- The primary programming language used within the DuraCloud baseline is Java, but DuraCloud is primarily accessed via its REST API, which can be done in any language. The best language to use for this integration will likely depend on the interfaces exposed by CONTENTdm, and your preferences.

- I'm anticipating that this integration will likely occur as a stand-alone web application, but that is up for debate.

To be honest, exactly how the integration between these two systems would occur still needs to be worked out. We'd be happy to hear your thoughts. We can bring in those of our users who have expressed interest and see how they would anticipate the interaction occurring. Our goal would be to make the connection between the two systems as straight-forward as possible, but the best approach to achieve that goal has yet to be discovered.

I would encourage you to submit a proposal for this project and include any ideas that you might have about how the integration should occur. Also, let us know if you have any background with CONTENTdm, and how you might see the two systems working together.

- Bill Branan

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