On 26-Jul-07, at 10:52 AM, Vikas Rawal wrote: >> why did you choose invenio over dspace? My researches show that >> dspace is head and shoulders above all the other contenders, and am >> working on my allergy to java-based software to enable me to >> install it. > > I would like to know more on your comparative evaluation. My > objectives are quite modest. I would like a setup which allows various > people to file digital documents into database collections which can > then be queried and searched. My setup is essentially meant for usage > within the local network and not really over the internet.
actually i had never heard of invenio. I had compared dspace, railroad and greenstone. Railroad is dead, greenstone not mature enough and I had good reports about dspace. Only the java thing was putting me off. I now see invenio uses python - so i think i will try it out. It has the disadvantage that it uses mysql instead of postgres - but that is easily cured by porting it to postgres. > > If you think dspace if "head and shoulders above all the others", I am > willing to reconsider my decision. this is based on the experience of the infylug people who have converted a good part of infosys archives to dspace. > > How easy is it to get it going? Also, can one use mysql as the backend > rather than postgres? I have not installed dspace - but I think it is fairly trivial from what i have seen of the instructions. Postgres is much more suitable for a mission critical thing like this than mysql. So if you *do* go in for dspace, stick with postgres. I have practically decided to go for invenio and port it to postgres. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
