Another OAI-compliant archiving package

VTLS has released VITAL, another open-source, OAI-compliant institutional repository software package. From the web site:

VITAL is an institutional repository solution designed for universities, libraries, museums, archives and information centers. This software is designed to simplify the development of digital object repositories and to provide seamless online search and retrieval of information for administrative staff, contributing faculty and end-users. VITAL provides all types of institutions a way to broaden access to valuable resources that were once only available at a single location and to a finite number of patrons. By eliminating the traditional limitations information seekers encounter, this technology grants access to materials for all authorized end-users, from professional researchers to recreational learners. VITAL provides every feature-ingesting, storing, indexing, cataloging, searching and retrieving-required for handling large text and rich content collections. VITAL takes advantage of technology standards such as XML, TEI, EAD and Dublin Core to easily describe and index an assortment of electronic resources. VITAL leverages the benefits of open-source solutions such as Apache, MySQL, McKOI and FEDORA. VITAL conforms to common Internet data communications standards such as TCP/IP, HTTP, SOAP and FTP. Additional standards utilized include WSDL Web Services, OAI-PMH, Dublin Core, MARCXML, JHOVE, MIX (Metadata for Images in XML Schema), SRU/SRW and Z39.50.

For more details see the press release (October 21).

(PS: VITAL is a Fedora plug-in. I would have blogged VITAL the other day, but I confused it with VALET, the other open-source Fedora plug-in from VTLS (a submission module for ETD's), which I blogged earlier this month. But don't make my mistake: VITAL is a new and different product.)