The primary goal of the Implementation of a metadata ingestion and partner management system, and related supporting infrastructure, that will serve as the basis of metadata aggregation and quality assurance for DPLA. The project technology is being developed with the goal of extending it into a generalized “aggregation system in a box” for DPLA Service Hubs.
Who is the audience for this project? Who will use the technology?
Why is this project important to the DPLA?
Project work began in mid-October 2014 and is expected to continue through November 10, 2015.
The initial production launch and release of the project code took place in February, 2015. Work to improve the metadata mapping UI's and explore Aggregation-in-a-Box functionality is scheduled to begin in the Spring/Summer 2015.
The project team is cross-functional and includes members of the DPLA Technology and Content teams. The team is following Agile development practices.
The official Heidrun project page is: https://digitalpubliclibraryofamerica.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TECH/Heidrun
The API documentation for Kri-Kri is at: http://www.rubydoc.info/github/dpla/KriKri/master