[needs-packaging] DAF Digital Asset Factory - library catalog & digitization project manager (ILS)

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URL:
http://wiki.bibalex.org/DAFWiki/index.php/Main_Page

Description:
DAF v2.0 provides all the necessary tools required to manage the whole process of a digitization workflow, including its various Phases, User management, file movement and archiving. It provides the flexibility to manage multiple simultaneous projects with a diversity of materials, covering books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, unbound materials, audio, video, and slides.

The system allows easy integration of any tool used to perform functions of the workflow, such as the OCR, image processing, etc. It can be integrated with the current tools used at your organization.

DAF v2.0 is highly reliable and can be configured for large and challenging digitization projects. The system is fully deployed in BA digitization laboratory and has been working smoothly for over a year.

    * DAF v2.0 is an all-in-one system that provides all the necessary tools required for administration, digitization operation, reporting and archiving.
    * User’s access level defines which functions are available for him/her,, up to the level of disabling a button.
    * The system is capable of defining different workflows for various types of objects: Images, books, slides, etc. Each workflow contains different phases (Scanning, OCR, PDF encoding, Backup, etc) than that of the others.
    * DAF v2.0 has flexible integration with any source of metadata such as ILS or a library digital document repository. This integration is possible through Check-in and Check-out plug-in modules that can be added at any time.
    * The ability to define pre-phase and post-phase checks and actions by simply editing an XML definition for a phase.
    * DAF v2.0 can be tailored to any environment. A developer can add code snippets to be executed pre-phase or post-phase to accomplish specific tasks.
    * DAF v2.0 supports both manual and automated operations. Different workflow operations can be invoked from the command line to enable batch processing.
    * The flexible workflow supports ingesting a job in the middle of the workflow. The administrator can also change the job's normal flow.
    * DAF v2.0 tracks the history of the job's life cycle. DAF v2.0 records time stamped actions applied to the job, including the user who performed the action and the workstation on which the action was performed.

License: probably free but must login to download.

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Not packaged, so too early to request a backport.