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DSpace Manakin

DSpace Manakin is a user interface developed by Texas A&M University which supports major improvements for the DSpace system. The primary feature added by Manakin is the ability for each community and collection within DSpace to establish a unique look-and-feel that might extend outside of DSpace into an existing web presence. We believe that this will increase the adoption of DSpace by these communities.

Features

  • Allow each community & collection to maintain a distinct look and feel.
  • Separate business logic from stylistic design.
  • Establish an interface level component architecture. (New with Manakin)
  • Enable internationalization & localization of content.
  • Provide an alternative interface that does not replace the existing JSP based interface.

News

  • October 2007: Manakin 1.1a is available, which fixes memory utialization problems that occure in some enviornments.
  • June 2007: Manakin 1.1 is released! You may download it or check it out directly via SVN.
  • January 2007: Manakin 1.0 is released, you may download this and older versions from the snapshot page.
  • March 2006: Draft 3 DRI Schema Reference released.
  • February 2006: Draft 2 DRI Schema Reference released.
  • February 2006: Draft 1 DRI Schema Reference released.
  • January 2006: Demo site available.
  • October 2005: Manakin Developer's Guide released.

Documentation

Manakin & Moa?

Manakin is the final version of the DSpace XML UI, based upon SAX & the Cocoon framework; compared to the earlier Moa, it offers improved efficiency and modularity. Moa is the earlier version of the DSpace UI, based upon a static 3 stage DOM model. With Manakin officially released, all development on Moa has ceased.

What is a Manakin?

Manakins are rare South American song birds. They are special because they use their wing feathers to produce rhythmic buzzes and hums.