Author name: Christopher Hughes

IT’S MAY! IT’S MAY! THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY!

…no, no, not yet, it’s still mid of April. Anyway, the d:swarm team did a huge overhaul and update of the current d:swarm website. The structure should now (hopefully) a bit more clear and all content and information should be more visible and easier reachable. Please let us know, whether you like the new site structure and its content, or not, or whether you are missing certain content and information or …

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D:SWARM – V0.9.1 RELEASE

We are happy to bring you (yet) another version of d:swarm with many new and interesting features. Furthermore, d:swarm is successfully deployed and in production mode at SLUB Dresden right now. Since our last release @ ELAG 2015 wasn’t announced officially via this channel here, we also try to list the changes that have been made between …

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DATA HUB SCALING CHALLENGES

preface: This blog post is generally intended for a more technical audience, i.e., software developers, administrators or knowledge engineers. Albeit, all other interested people are also invited to read it 😉 d:swarm is successfully deployed and in production mode at SLUB Dresden right now. At the current state we make use of the streaming variant. This …

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MINOR RELEASE DEPLOYED AT DEMO.DSWARM.ORG

We have made great progress since our last release in December 2014 that we would like to share with you. Next regular release is scheduled for June 2015 so we have decided to deploy an interim release. Please have a look at http://demo.dswarm.org! Version Wed Apr 01 2015 17:54:03; Web: build-331-0-g2e77c4c-dirty; API: build-137-0-g9fb3853 new features: xml export new …

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EXAMPLES OF SMALL TRANSFORMATIONS WITH D:SWARM

What can I do with d:swarm? To illustrate the current functional range of d:swarm we are going to describe and explain some exemplary transformations: How to create the RDA element “Publication Statement” from the corresponding segment of MAB-Tags? How to add the 10- or 13-digit ISBN by using the transformation functions of d:swarm? How to …

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PLEASE TEST THIS: ALPHA RELEASE OF OUR DATA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

d:swarm – Data Management and Swarm Intelligence We have accomplished an important milestone in our sub-project Data Management Platform. We are proud to present the alpha release and, at the same time, pronounce the name of our data integration and data modelling tool: d:swarm. This name does call to mind associations with swarm intelligence, busy swarming …

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CALL FOR PAPERS: WORKSHOP ON DATA AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT INFORMATIK 2014

This year’s conference INFORMATIK 2014 is concerned with the complexities of Big Data and will be held in Stuttgart in September. We are proud to have been accepted for a workshop on data management and the management of electronic resources in libraries. We call for submission of papers on current research work and application of …

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WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH THE DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM?

With the DMP we will create a universe of knowledge out of a chaotic universe of individual pieces of information. In this presentation we explain how cultural heritage institutions can use our highly flexible Open Source software suite to integrate easily and intuitively data from different data sources and improve its quality significantly. The Platform …

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