MyCoRe


MyCoRe is an open source repository software framework for building disciplinary or institutional repositories, digital archives, digital libraries, and scientific journals. The software is developed at various German university libraries and computer centers. Although most MyCoRe web applications are located in Germany, there are English-language applications, such as "The International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts" at the University of Cambridge.

History

The first public version of MyCoRe was released in October 2001. Since then the software was developed by the MyCoRe team. The software became known as "Institutional Repository Software" as declared on the site of the Budapest Open Access Initiative. In Germany there are more than 20 Universities and institutions that provide over 70 repositories based on MyCoRe.

Technology

The MyCoRe framework was written in Java and XML. It is available as free software under GNU General Public License.

Features

Some important features of MyCoRe are as follows.
MyCoRe software runs on Linux, Solaris, Unix, or Windows.