DLXS Wiki
From DLXS Documentation
Welcome to the DLXS Wiki
This site provides documentation for the suite of tools produced by the University of Michigan's Digital eXtension Library Service.
If you are a DLXS subscriber, you can contribute to this wiki. Here's how.
If you are looking for the DLXS Workshop Documentation, you can find it here.
Introduction
The Introduction provides an architectural overview of the DLXS suite of tools and middleware classes.
Getting Started with DLXS
Because the DLXS system is expansive and flexible, depending on your collection materials and how you want users to be able to access them, you may want to make different decisions about issues like data conversion and organization. UM has used DLXS to mount many collections and has some insights and recommendations about how you might approach the process. For these pointers and to examine an assortment of DLXS implementations, see the following:
After you have decided how you want your collection to work, the following topics will help you get started with DLXS:
Documentation
DLXS developers compiled the existing DLXS documentation over many iterations of the system. The current documentation first describes the different pieces of the DLXS system and then outlines, in task-based steps, how to use DLXS to mount different types of digital collections, including collections made up primarily of text, images, bibliographic material, and finding aids. These sections of the documentation are based on procedures and models DLPS has used in the past. You can customize many of these tasks depending on your collection’s unique needs. Depending on where you are in the process of mounting your collection when you begin working with the DLXS system, and depending on the content and format of your data, you may need to modify and/or skip steps the documentation describes. Where possible, the descriptions provide examples to illustrate the outcome of a particular course of action.
Getting Help
Paid subscribers to DLXS may contact the DLXS Support group with questions. For information on how to do this, please send email to "DLXS-Info at umich.edu" or contact Perry Willett at (734) 764-8074. If you are not a paid subscriber, please post your question to the dlxsfree-users listserv.
Using the DLXS Wiki
If you are a DLXS user, we would love to include your expertise in the documentation in this wiki. Using the DLXS Wiki explains how you can contribute.
Installing DLXS
Installing DLXS provides step-by-step installation instructions.
System Requirements
This section discusses the system requirements for installing and running DLXS.
Authentication and Authorization
An overview of the authenication and authorizations systems. For more comprehensive information, see the Ancillary Resources section below.
DLPS Development Environment
DLPS Development Environment describes the environment in which DLXS developers work on and implement the system.
Making Collection Decisions: A Brief Overview
In Making Collection Decisions you will find information about directory structures and conventions, working with Unicode, XML, and XSLT, TEILite Tagging, and EAD Encoding. Information about Image Class and Bib Class to come.
Data Conversion and Preparation
In Data Conversion and Preparation, you will find strategies for modifying, normalizing, and converting your data to work with DLXS. This section includes information on UTF-8 and other character encodings.
Mounting Collections: Class-specific Steps
Divided into four sections, Mounting Collections describes how to deal with Text Class, Image Class, Bib Class, and Findaid Class collections.
Customizing the User Interface
Working with DLXS Components
Working with DLXS Components includes information about the Collection Manager, the Collection Metadata Database, and describes how to use DLXS utilities and applications.
Working with XPAT
Programming Issues
Ancillary Resources
DLXS on Solaris Tips
DLXS Workshop Materials
Every year the University of Michigan hosts a one-week workshop for DLXS subscribers. You can find all the training materials generated for that workshop in the Workshop Materials section.
