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- They each provide a means to read and write persistent files with unique ids.
- They were designed with back-end pluggability in mind.
- They are not concerned with directory/folder semantics.
- They are not concerned with versioning semantics, but may allow files to be overwritten.
The Basics
API | Type Used | By Target Use | Implementations |
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Java | JackRabbit | ||
Java | Cocoon | ||
Java | DSpace 2 (Unreleased) | DSBitStore | |
Java | Fedora Repo Repository (2.x to 3.1) |
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Java / C | * | FileNet? | |
Java | OTM |
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COM | MS SQL Server | New; Can't find any yet |
Supported Capabilities
- Ids
- Supported ID types?
- Can be store-generated?
- Can be user-provided?
- Readonly Metadata
- Which are impls expected to provide for reading?
- Settable Metadata
- Which are impls expected to provide for writing?
- Extensible?
- Transactional
- Supported by API?
- Required by impls?
- Two-phase commit?
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- DSpace 1 BitstreamStorageManager - Hardcodes support for either local filesystem or SRB
- JAF FileDataSource - Assumes local files
- Eclipse - BlobStore- Assumes local paths and files
- MediaWiki FileStore - php source? No source found.