++ Jonathan and Bill. 1.) Do you have any thoughts on extending traject to index other types of data--say MODS--into solr, in the future?
2.) What's the etymology of 'traject'? - Tom On Oct 14, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Jonathan Rochkind (Johns Hopkins) and Bill Dueber (University of Michigan), > are happy to announce a robust, feature-complete beta release of "traject," a > tool for indexing MARC data to Solr. > > traject, in the vein of solrmarc, allows you to define your indexing rules > using simple macro and translation files. However, traject runs under JRuby > and is "ruby all the way down," so you can easily provide additional logic by > simply requiring ruby files. > > There's a sample configuration file to give you a feel for traject[1]. > > You can view the code[2] on github, and easily install it as a (jruby) gem > using "gem install traject". > > traject is in a beta release hoping for feedback from more testers prior to a > 1.0.0 release, but it is already being used in production to generate the > HathiTrust (metadata-lookup) Catalog (http://www.hathitrust.org/). traject > was developed using a test-driven approach and has undergone both continuous > integration and an extensive benchmarking/profiling period to keep it fast. > It is also well covered by high-quality documentation. > > Feedback is very welcome on all aspects of traject including documentation, > ease of getting started, features, any problems you have, etc. > > What we think makes traject great: > > * It's all just well-crafted and documented ruby code; easy to program, easy > to read, easy to modify (the whole code base is only 6400 lines of code, more > than a third of which is tests) > * Fast. Traject by default indexes using multiple threads, so you can use all > your cores! > * Decoupled from specific readers/writers, so you can use ruby-marc or marc4j > to read, and write to solr, a debug file, or anywhere else you'd like with > little extra code. > * Designed so it's easy to test your own code and distribute it as a gem > > We're hoping to build up an ecosystem around traject and encourage people to > ask questions and contribute code (either directly to the project or via > releasing plug-in gems). > > [1] > https://github.com/traject-project/traject/blob/master/test/test_support/demo_config.rb > [2] http://github.com/traject-project/traject
