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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Metadata Encoding and Transmission
Standard [mailto:METS@loc.gov] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lisa Schiff<BR><B>Sent:</B>
13 May 2008 22:09<BR><B>To:</B> METS@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV<BR><B>Subject:</B> [METS]
CDL releases eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) 2.1<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">California Digital Library Announces New
Release of the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF)<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Oakland</B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State></B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, May 12, 2008</B> - The California Digital
Library (CDL) is pleased to announce a new release of its search and display
technology, the <A href="http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/">eXtensible
Text Framework (XTF)</A> version 2.1 (<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>XTF is an open source, highly flexible
software application that supports the search, browse and display of
heterogeneous digital content.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>XTF
offers efficient and practical methods for creating customized end-user
interfaces for distinct digital content collections.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Highlights from the 2.1 release
include: </P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Extensive
interface improvements, including new search forms, built-in faceted browsing,
and a new look and feel.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Increased
support for document and information exchange formats.
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">XHTML
and OAI-PMH output
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">NLM
article format indexing and output
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo2; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Microsoft
Word indexing</LI></UL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Streamlined
XSLT stylesheets for simpler deployment and adaptation.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Updated
documentation that has been moved to the <A
href="http://xtf.wiki.sourceforge.net/">XTF project wiki</A>, allowing XTF
implementers to share solutions with entire user community.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">"Freeform"
Boolean query language, offered as an experimental feature.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in">Backward
compatibility with existing XTF implementations.</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A <A
href="http://xtf.wiki.sourceforge.net/changeLog_2.1">complete list of
changes</A> is available on the <A
href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtf/">XTF Project page on SourceForge</A>,
where the distribution (including documentation) can also be downloaded.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Since the first deployment of XTF
in 2005, the development strategy has been to build and maintain an indexing and
display technology that is not only customizable, but also draws upon tested
components already in use by the digital library and search communities - in
particular the Lucene text search engine, Java, XML, and XSLT.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By coordinating these pieces in a single
platform that can be used to create multiple unique applications, CDL has
succeeded in dramatically reducing the investment in infrastructure, staff
training and development for new digital content projects.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">XTF offers a suite of
customizable features that support diverse intellectual access to content.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Interfaces can be designed to support
the distinct tools and presentations that are useful and meaningful to specific
audiences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In addition, XTF offers
the following core features:</P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Easy to deploy: </SPAN></B>Drops directly in to a
Java application server such as Tomcat or Resin; has been tested on Solaris,
Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems.<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Easy to configure: </SPAN></B>Can create indexes on
any XML element or attribute; entire presentation layer is customizable via
XSLT.<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Robust:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #1995f9">
</SPAN></B>Optimized to perform well on large documents (e.g., a single text
that exceeds 10MB of encoded text); scales to perform well on collections of
millions of documents; provides full Unicode support.<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B>Extensible:<o:p></o:p></B>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Works
well with a variety of authentication systems (e.g., IP address lists, LDAP,
Shibboleth).<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Provides
an interface for external data lookups to support thesaurus-based term
expansion, recommender systems, etc.<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Can
power other digital library services (e.g., XTF contains an OAI-PMH data
provider that allows others to harvest metadata, and an SRU interface that
exposes searches to federated search engines).<o:p></o:p>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Can be deployed as separate, modular pieces of a
third-party system (e.g., the module that displays snippets of matching
text).<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN></LI></UL>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Powerful for
the end user: </SPAN><o:p></o:p></B>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=circle>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Spell
checking of queries<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Faceted
displays for browsing<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Dynamically
updated browse lists<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in">Session-based
bookbags<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></LI></UL></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">These basic features can be
tuned and modified.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For instance,
the same bookbag feature that allows users to store links to entire books, can
also store links to citable elements of an object, such as a note or other
reference.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">A sampling of XTF-based
applications both within and outside of the CDL include:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://www.marktwainproject.org/">Mark Twain Project Online</A>
(http://www.marktwainproject.org), developed by the Mark Twain Papers Project,
the CDL and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California
Press</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://www.calisphere.org/">Calisphere</A> (http://www.calisphere.org/),
a curated collection of primary sources keyed to the curriculum standards of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>’s
K-12 community, developed by the CDL.
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/">The Encyclopedia of
Chicago</A> (http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/), developed by the
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">History</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>, The Newberry Library, and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northwestern</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/">The Chymistry of Isaac
Newton</A> (<A
href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/">http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/</A>)
and <A href="http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/swinburne/www/swinburne/">The
Swinburne Project</A>
(http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/swinburne/www/swinburne/), <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Indiana</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://labs.nypl.org/2007/10/30/extensible-text-framework-xtf/">Finding
Aides at the New York Public Library</A>
(http://labs.nypl.org/2007/10/30/extensible-text-framework-xtf/)
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><A
href="http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?rmode=btr">EECS
Technical Reports</A>
(http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery.CrossQuery?rmode=btr),
UC Berkeley</LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Lisa Schiff, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></FONT></DIV>
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