We are extremely pleased to announce public release of Zentity V 1.0 !!!
"Zentity" (official name for Research Output Repository Platform) is a semantic store (based on SQL Server 2008 and the Entity-Framework), and includes a ScholarlyWorks application designed to support the current wave of academic digital library and repository projects (e.g. to store people, papers, lectures, people, books, chapters, videos, etc. and a relationships like IsAuthorOf, Presented, Cites, IsCitedBy, etc.).
High level repository features includes:*Built-in Scholarly Works data model with predefined resource types, metadata properties and relationships*Core data model with extensibility, which can be used to create custom data models, even for domains other than Scholarly Communications*Extensive Search similar to Advanced Query Syntax (AQS)*Pluggable Authentication and Authorization Security API*Basic Web-based User Interface to browse and manage resources with reusable custom controls*RSS/ATOM, OAI-PMH, AtomPub, SWORD Services for exposing resource information*Extensive help with code samples extend the platform by developers
Links:*Zentity Project page (w/ download link and installation instructions)*Facilitating Semantic Research (interview with Lee, Savas, & Alex)
Please feel free to download and try it out. Use this forum to let us know if you face any issues. We will appreciate your feedback.Note: If you have any earlier beta versions, please uninstall the same, along with deleting any specific database before continuing with Version 1.0 installation.
Regards,Shailesh