DEPRECATION WARNING
This documentation is not using the current rendering mechanism and is probably outdated. The extension maintainer should switch to the new system. Details on how to use the rendering mechanism can be found here.
Introduction¶
About Kitodo.Presentation¶
Kitodo.Presentation is a powerful framework for building a METS-based digital library. It is highly customizable through an user-friendly backend and flexible design templates.
Since it is based on the great free and open source Content Management System TYPO3, it can be integrated seamlessly into your website and can easily be managed by editors.
Kitodo.Presentation provides a comprehensive toolset covering all basic requirements for presenting digitized media: books, archivalia, digital depositary copies, manuscripts and letters, prints, newspapers and magazines.
Download of current version is avaiable on GitHub.
Libraries using Kitodo.Presentation¶
The following libraries use KITODO.Presentation for their digital collections:
- SLUB Dresden
- UB "Georgius Agricola" at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
- SUB Hamburg
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library Hannover
- UB Mannheim
- Orff-Zentrum München
- Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart
In Kitodo.Presentation, the METS/MODS formats are flexible. Digital collections can be configured for any METS-based format, e.g. METS/TEI for manuscripts.
Unrestricted access to TYPO3 functions, such as user authentication, session handling, language localization, caching, etc., is possible within the Kitodo.Presentation functional modules. The entire system is multi-client capable, i.e. any number of instances of Kitodo.Presentation can be run within a single TYPO3 installation, each with its own configuration, search index, database, access permissions, visual design, etc.
Kitodo.Presentation offers a standard OAI 2-compliant interface for international search capability and digital metadata legibility. We recommend registering your Kitodo installation with the appropriate public OAI register.
Software Components¶
The software primarily consists of three modules:
Commons¶
is a group of classes that build upon the TYPO3 API, adding Goobi-specific functions, such as handling METS structures and library metadata in various formats, or linking external resources, such as OAI interfaces or Solr search engines. The API extensions are available to all TYPO3 extensions, which means that they can not only be used by Kitodo.Presentation, but by other extensions as well. Thus, commercial or other very specific functions, which are only necessary in single installations, aren’t part of the official Kitodo.Presentation release, but are created as separate extensions.
Modules¶
is a group of components that are integrated into the TYPO3 backend and manage the configuration of extensions as well as of digital resources, clients and collections. Currently, there is a module for client management and one for manually importing new resources or newly-indexed existing digital resources. In addition, they enable a highly granular configuration of structure and metadata handling as well as database management. Further, a command line interface is provided, which allows automation of procedures, such as importing digital resources.
Plugins¶
are components that build the frontend output and provide various functions. All plugins can be precisely configured via GUI and freely dropped into TYPO3-managed web pages. All frontend outputs are based on design templates and are thus fully customizable. Currently, Kitodo.Presentation contains 12 plugins.
Screenshots¶
Some examples of Kitodo.Presentation in action on the digital collection of SLUB Dresden:
