- From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@cse.ucsc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:40:05 -0700
- To: "WebDAV WG" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Members of this list might be interested in the following project: Repository in a Box http://www.nhse.org/RIB/index.html REPOSITORY IN A BOX (RIB) is a software package for creating WWW metadata repositories. Metadata is information that describes reusable objects, such as software. RIB allows the user to enter metadata into a user friendly java applet which then sends the information to a RIB server via HTTP. The information is then stored in an SQL database where it is automatically made available in a fully functional web site (catalog, search page, etc). Repositories which use similar data models can use the XML processing capabilities of RIB to share information via the Internet. Third party applications can access the data stored in RIB by using the RIB Application Programmer's Interface (API). Various tools utilizing the RIBAPI are available here. On the surface, it seems like DAV + DASL provide a set of functionality very similar to that provided by the RIB project. - Jim
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