DSTC Pty Ltd has
been chosen by the ADT Technical Committee as the preferred
software supplier to underpin the ADT Expansion and
Redevelopment Project. The software chosen is MetaSuite,
developed by DSTC to create and manage Dublin Core and AGLS
metadata, and build websites based on metadata. Key components
of the software include a metadata repository and query
engine, metadata indexers, a web crawler, a metadata entry
tool and a metadata schema
compiler.
Welcoming the announcement, the
Chair of the ADT Policy Reference Group, Dr Alex Byrne said,
"This project will multiply the benefits of the Australian
Digital Theses Program by enabling the work of even more
Australian researchers to be available world wide. We already
know that many have benefited through offers of jobs and
opportunities for research collaboration as a result of their
theses being available via the existing ADT."
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DSTC Engineering Director Ron
Chernich added, "Metasuite was chosen for its overall
suitability and demonstrated scalability to support fast query
response times with hundreds of thousands of metadata records.
The software has a proven track record and is currently being
used by organisations such as the National Archives Australia,
Australian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL), the Mining
Industry Safety and Health Council (MISHC), and the NSW
Department of Fisheries and Queensland Transport."
The ADT Expansion and Redevelopment
Project has been funded by the Department of Education,
Science and Training (DEST) through the Australian Research
Information Infrastructure Committee (ARIIC) program, part of
the Australian Government's initiative, Backing Australia's
Ability. Partners in the project are The University of New
South Wales (Lead Institution); Curtin University of
Technology; the University of Melbourne; University of
Technology, Sydney; The University of Queensland; ProQuest
Information and Learning.
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