Cheshire3 Download

Downloading Cheshire3

Below are links to the source packages for the latest release of Cheshire3, and the install script.

build.sh		Install script
cheshire3-base.tgz	[MD5]	Base install, required
cheshire3-web.tgz	[MD5]	For web, SRW, SRU, OAI-PMH, and Z39.50 front ends. Also allows ingest of document from providers of these interfaces.
cheshire3-sql.tgz	[MD5]	For relational database interaction (i.e. loading data from and storing objects in).
cheshire3-datamining.tgz		For Data Mining and related tasks [Being updated]
cheshire3-textmining.tgz		For NLP and related tasks [Being updated]
cheshire3-grid.tgz	[MD5]	For distributed processing tasks on computational grids, and interaction with data grids.
cheshire3-formats.tgz	[MD5]	For dealing with data in different file formats (MS Office, PDF etc.) Includes file format identification and preParsers to transform them into XML.

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Installation

To install, download the packages that you want. Put them all in the base directory where you want everything to be installed to, and run build.sh.

To build by hand, step through the instructions in build.sh.

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Examples

Simple sample databases for you to experiment with, copy and adapt to your own requirements:

db_dc.tgz (Being updated) (Simple Dublin Core database)
db_marc.tgz (Being updated)
db_pdf.tgz (Being updated)

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Applications

Cheshire3 for Archives - a complete system for searching and delivering EAD documents via the web. Featuring:
- Full document and component indexing to item level
- Customisable search and display web-interface
- Faceted result browsing
- Subject clustering / Entry Level Vocabulary
- SRU, OAI-PMH and Z39.50 APIs
- Online administration interface
  - add, delete records
  - rebuild, reindex database
  - manage users allowed to perform administrative tasks
- Online Cataloguing
  - Create new files
  - Import existing EAD files for editing
  - Export created/edited records for immediate inclusion in the database

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Downloading Cheshire3 from CVS / SVN

Our CVS/SVN server is:

~~:pserver:cvs.cheshire3.org:/cvsroot/cheshire3~~
http://cvs.cheshire3.org/repos

The 'cheshire3' folder should have the latest updates to the source code, and basic object configurations, but please be aware these may not be stable.

There is also bleeding edge code, and configs for a growing number of extension modules, sample databases and applications within the 'contrib' folder.

If you are interested in contributing bug fixes, extensions, or applications via CVS/SVN, please make contact via the Cheshire3 discussion forum.

Older Versions

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Legal

All software and scripts are provided without any expressed or implied warranty, and with no guarantee of fitness for any purpose. It is downloaded, installed, and used entirely at the user's own risk.

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