The Fascinator is a versatile software platform that offers your
project a solid base for handling digital information.Central to
The Fascinator's architecture is a process consisting of:
- Harvesting digital information (data) from a range of sources
including: files, syndication feeds and web form input
- Transformation of data for extracting metadata, creating
web-friendly renditions and generating new outputs
- Storage of the data and its various transformations
- Indexing of the data into anĀ Apache Solrindex that
provides faceted searching
A range of features have been developed over these central
features, including:
- Security that ensures data is protected yet keeps searching
and interfaces fast.
- User interface tools for packaging data together and
distributing it to a variety of services using standards such as
OAI-PMH and Atom
- Annotation tools for annotating text, images and video
- Basic workflow to manage data submission
- Event logging that allows other systems keep track of what's
happening
The Fascinator features plug-in support that allows you to
select from existing features or develop your own harvesters,
transformers and storage layers. The user interface is very
flexible and can be customised to best suit user needs. By
providing a solid platform The Fascinator improves your development
time and, with plugin and customisation options, can be tailored to
project needs. 
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