Criteria from OSI Guide to Institutional Repository Software v3.0
Feature Castore
1.1 OAI PMH version supported OAI : 1.1
1.2 Z39.50 protocol compliant : version 1.2 (planned)
1.3 Open source license : CeCiLL
1.4 Latest version release date : June 2006
1.5 Latest version number : 1.2
2.1 Minimum hardware requirements : No specific requirements
2.2 SAN support : ?
3.1 Operating system (tested) : Linux/Windows/Solaris
3.2 Programming language : Java
3.3 Database :
Many (tested with Oracle and
MySQL)
3.4 Web server : Any Apache
3.5 Java servlet engine :
Tomcat 4.x
3.6 Search engine : Lucene
3.7 Other : OAICat,
Struts,
Ant, Tomcat,
Lucene,
OpenOffice.org,
Saxon, Fop,
JDO (Kodo or JPox),
Jcharts
Any browser with minimal
CSS & Javascript support
(Netscape, Mozilla, IE, Firefox, ...). Firefox is recommended.
5.1 UNIX systems administrator :
Yes
5.2 Java programmer :
No
5.3 PERL programmer :
No
5.4 Python programmer : No
6.1 Number of installations : 2 - 5
6.2 Geographic coverage : France
7.1 Automated installation script : yes (windows auto install)
7.2 System update script : yes (SGBD update script included)
7.3 Update system update without overwriting
customized features : Yes
9.1 Password administration : Yes (LDAP)
9.1.1 System assigned passwords : Possible
9.1.2 User selected passwords : No (LDAP)
9.1.3 Forgotten password function : No
9.2 User registration verification/ Other security mechanisms :
LDAP / server sessions
9.2.1 Edit user profile : No
9.3 Limit Access by User Type
: Yes
9.4 Multiple Authentication Methods : Yes
9.5 Limit Access at File : Yes
10.1 Define multiple collections within same instance of
system : Yes
10.1.2 Home page for each collection : N/A
10.1.1 Set different submission parameters for each
collection : No
10.2 Submission Stages :
Pending, Approved,
Submit, Revise
10.2.1 Segregated submission workspace :
10.2.2 Submission roles
:
Administrators (~Librarians)
Users
Validators (~ Reviewers)
10.2.3 Configurable submission roles within collections
: No
10.3 Submission Support :
10.3.1 Email notification for submitters : No
10.3.2 Email notification for content administrators
: No
10.3.3 Personalized system access for registered users
: Yes
10.3.3.1 View pending content submissions : Yes
10.3.3.2 View approved content : Yes
10.3.3.3 View pending content administration tasks
: Yes
10.3.4 Distribution license
10.3.4.1 Request distribution license : Yes
10.3.4.2 Store distribution license with content
: No
11.1 System generated usage statistics : Yes
11.2 Usage reports : Yes
12.1 Upload compressed files : yes
12.2 Upload from existing URL
: No
12.3 Volume import for objects : yes
12.4 Volume import for metadata : No
12.5 Volume export/
content portability : No
13.1 Approved file format function : yes.
13.2 File formats ingested : doc sxw html for text documents
/ multiples video/iimage/sound formats for medias documents
14.1 Metadata schema supported : Dublin Core Standard
14.2 Support for extended metadata : Yes
14.3 Metadata review support : yes
14.5 Disallow metadata harvesting : Yes
14.6 Add/
delete metadata fields : Yes
14.7 Set default values for metadata : Yes
13.3 Submitted items can comprise multiple files
14.8 Supports Unicode character set for metadata
16.1 Modify interface look & feel : Yes
16.2 Apply a custom header/ footer to static or
dynamic pages : possible
16.3 Supports multiple language interfaces : Yes
16.4 End user document folders
: Yes
16.5 Discussion forum support : No
17.1 Full text : Yes
17.1.1 Boolean logic : Yes
17.1.2 Truncation/
wildcards : Yes
17.1.3 Word stemming : No
17.2 Search all descriptive metadata : Yes
17.2.1 Boolean logic
: Yes
17.2.2 Truncation/
wildcards : Yes
17.2.3 Word stemming : Yes
17.3 Search selected metadata fields : Yes
17.4 Browse
17.4.1 By author : No
17.4.2 By title : Yes (personnal documents)
17.4.3 By issue date : No
17.4.4 By subject term : No
17.4.5 By collection : Yes
17.5 Sort search results
17.5.1 By author : No
17.5.2 By title : No
17.5.3 By issue date : No
17.5.4 By relevance : Yes
17.5.5 By other : No
19.1 System assigned identifiers : Yes
19.2 CNRI Handles : No
20.1 Defined digital preservation strategy
20.2 Preservation metadata support (see also 14.2)
20.3 Data integrity : No
22.1 Documentation/
manual :Yes
22.2 Listserv : Yes
22.3 Bug track/
feature request system :
Yes
22.4 Formal support/
help desk : no