Glossary¶
Glossary of terms used in context with Metadata Publishing Tool
- B2DROP
“B2DROP is a secure and trusted data exchange service for researchers and scientists to keep their research data synchronized and up-to-date and to exchange with other researchers.”
– EUDAT web site
Together with a WebDAV client on a server it is an alternative for using scp for exchanging resources and sitemaps between servers and local drives.
See also
- B2DROP
- EUDAT service
- Mount B2DROP using the WebDAV client
- ownCloud Manual
- Capability List
A Capability List is an xml-document of type sitemap that enlists Resource Lists and Change Lists that contain links to a particular set of resources.
See also
- Capability List
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Change List
A Change List is an xml-document of type sitemap that enlists resources that have changed since a previous synchronization.
See also
- Change List
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- configuration
A named set of parameters that constitute all variables needed to synchronize a set of resources. The first configuration will be saved under the name ‘DEFAULT’. Configurations can be loaded, saved, listed and deleted under the File menu. The parameters that are set under a configuration are automatically saved.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- DANS
Data Archiving and Networked Services. Netherlands Institute for Permanent Access to Digital Research Resources. DANS is an institute of the Dutch Academy KNAW and funding organisation NWO.
- description directory
The description directory is an existing directory on the (local or networked) filesystem. In this directory (a copy of) the document that describes the entire site, also known as
.well-known/resourcesyncor Source Description is expected or will be created. If no description directory is given, the document is expected or will be created in the metadata directory.See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- Describing the Source
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Destination
A system that synchronizes itself with a Source’s resources.
See also
- Definitions
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- EAD
“Encoded Archival Description (..) is a non-proprietary de facto standard for the encoding of finding aids for use in a networked (online) environment. Finding aids are inventories, indexes, or guides that are created by archival and manuscript repositories to provide information about specific collections. While the finding aids may vary somewhat in style, their common purpose is to provide detailed description of the content and intellectual organization of collections of archival materials. EAD allows the standardization of collection information in finding aids within and across repositories.”
– The Library of Congress, Official Site
See also
- EHRI
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure.
“The mission of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) is to support the Holocaust research community by building a digital infrastructure and facilitating human networks.”
– About EHRI
- incremental changelist strategy
Will increment an existing Change List with the newly found changes.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- metadata directory
The name of the directory where generated sitemaps are stored. The value of metadata directory may consist of multiple path elements. The metadata directory is always relative to the resource directory.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- MPT
- Metadata Publishing Tool
Metadata Publishing Tool (MPT) is an application for publishing resources in conformance with the ResourceSync Framework Specification. Metadata Publishing Tool was developed by Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS-KNAW) under auspices of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI).
See also
- rspub-core at gitHub
- The base library under MPT
- rspub-gui at gitHub
- The source code of the graphical user interface under MPT
- new changelist strategy
Will create a new Change List at each synchronization run.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- new resourcelist strategy
At each synchronization run a completely new Resource List will be generated.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- plugin directory
In this directory or its subdirectories a search for plugins will be conducted.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- ResourceGateBuilder
- Documentation on rspub-core
- resource
- In web technology, a data resource is anything that can be accessed with a link. It can for instance be a file, (part of) a database or the output of a program.
- resource directory
The base directory on the (local or networked) filesystem where resources that should be synchronized are stored. The resource directory should be chosen careful, because it influences the composition of the URL to the resource.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- Resource List
A Resource List is an xml-document of type sitemap that enlists available resources on a particular site.
See also
- Resource List
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- ResourceSync
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
The ResourceSync specification describes a synchronization framework for the web consisting of various capabilities that allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with a server’s evolving resources.
See also
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Open Archives Initiative ResourceSync Framework Specification
- scp
Secure Copy Protocol. SCP copies files over a secure, encrypted network connection.
See also
- set of resources
“A collection of resources that is made available for synchronization by a Source. A Source may expose one or more such collections and support distinct ResourceSync capabilities for each. Individual resources may be included in more than one set of resources”
– ResourceSync Framework Specification
See also
- Definitions
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- sitemap
- sitemap protocol
An XML schema for xml-documents that describe the resources of a site. The ResourceSync Framework Specification makes use of this protocol to express the location of resources and to express changes that affected this set of resources. ResourceSync specifies these sitemaps:
- Source Description enumerates the Capability Lists offered by a Source
- Capability List enumerates all capabilities supported by a Source for a specific set of resources
- Resource List lists and describes the resources that a Source makes available for synchronization
- Resource List Index for grouping multiple Resource Lists
- Resource Dump used to transfer resources from the Source in bulk
- Resource Dump Manifest describes the bulk package’s constituents
- Change List contains a description of changes to a Source’s resources
- Change List Index for grouping multiple Change Lists
- Change Dump used to transfer changed resources from the Source in bulk
- Change Dump Manifest describes the bulk package’s constituents
See also
- Sitemap protocol
- Official site
- Source
A server that hosts resources subject to synchronization.
See also
- Definitions
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Source Description
In the context of ResourceSync Framework Specification the document at:
{server root}/.well-known/resourcesync
This document describes the site by listing all Capability Lists that are available from the site. This practice is an extension on the well-known URI scheme, also known as RFC5785.
See also
- ResourceSync Well-Known URI
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- strategy
The strategy defines what kind of sitemap documents will be generated when a synchronization is executed.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- synchronization
- synchronize
Keeping a set of resources at a Destination the same as the set of resources at a Source.
As seen from the Destination this includes copying the original set of resources from the Source and then keeping up to date with additions to, changes of and deletions from the set of resources at the Source.
As seen from a Source this involves providing the resources and the metadata that describe the changes to this set of resources.
See also
- Source perspective
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Destination perspective
- ResourceSync Framework Specification
- Execute a synchronization
- Execute page
- trial run
The execution of a synchronization run that will not write sitemaps to disk.
- URL prefix
The URL prefix is the basename of the site, optionally followed by a path segment.
See also
- Configuration
- Configure page
- WebDAV
“Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) that allows clients to perform remote Web content authoring operations. WebDAV is defined in RFC 4918 by a working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force.”
– WikipediaSee also
- B2DROP
- EUDAT service
- Mount B2DROP using the WebDAV client
- ownCloud Manual
- well-known URI
RFC5785. An internet standard that defines a path prefix for “well-known locations”
See also