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PDL FAQ
General Information
1.1 What is PDLib?
PDLib is a space online where you can store your documents and later retrieve them through your desktop computer or handheld device.
PDlib
1.2 What does "PDLib" stand for?
PDLib stands for Personal Digital Library. It is personal in the sense that everyone who joins will have his/her own personal space to gather documents. We use the term Library because we focus on Digital Libraries functionality and interoperability issues.
1.3 To whom is PDLib oriented to?
PDLib is the ideal tool for people that need to organize their files easily and have them available wherever they go: home, in the office, or even on the street. Right now PDLib is used mainly by students and teachers, but you can expect to find a wide variety of member profiles.
1.4 How do I signup?
Send a mail topdlib.mty@itesm.mx or directly trough thesignup page
1.5 Are there any ads in PDLib?
No way. PDLib is an educational open source project, so earning money out of it would go against our principles. PDLib is and will continue to be free of charge.
1.6 Can I install PDLib in my own servers?
Yes. As an open source project, PDLib is free to download and install. For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
1.7 Where is PDLib developed?
PDLib is a project from the Tecnológico de Monterrey University, in Monterrey, México. Visit ourProject Team page for more detailed information.
1.8 Exist any other projects similar to PDLib?
They are several projects similar to PDLIB such like:DSpace,Phronesis,Alfresco,Greenstone Digital Library,Koha, The Stanford Digital Library Project, among others.
1.9 What are privacy policies on PDLib?
PDLib will never publish, exchange or sell you personal information or documents you submit to our servers.
2.1 How do I upload my documents?
When you first want to add content to your library you have several options. You may either upload them manually through theWebClient or several documents at a time through theBeUpBin. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.2 Where can I retrieve my documents from?
You can always go online and download your documents from theWebClient, or take them on the go through thePocketClient. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.3 How much storage do I get?
We are currently not limiting the amount of space you have, although the uploads do have a maximum size of 40 MB.
2.4 What is a collection?
In PDLib‘s context, a collection is like a folder or an album where you can store and organize your files.
2.5 What is the meaning of the different colors of collections (web client)?
Public Collection: Anyone (signed in or not) will be able to see this collection.
Private Collection : Only you will be able to see this collection.
Unfiled: In this collection all files sent by other users are kept.
External Collection: This is the default color for all external libraries (other user‘s libraries or interoperability).
OAI Collection: This is the default color for OAI libraries. (For further information clickhere)
2.6 What is a document‘s metadata?
In PDLib‘s context, the word "metadata" refers to the basic information of your documents, such as title, author, summary or tags.
2.7 What document formats are supported?
PDLib‘s search engine currently supports most files with indexable text. Other file formats can be uploaded but they‘re content will not be recognized by the search engine (though you can still find them through their metadata). The advantage of uploading .doc or .rtf formats is that they can be seen in multiple formats, like .txt or .pdf. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.8 What is the difference between public and private collections?
Public collections can be seen by everybody who browses or searches for PDLib content using any of the clients. Private collections, on the other hand, are visible only to you and do not appear in public searches.
3.1 What kind of content can I expect to find?
Since PDLib is a space for everyone to upload documents, there can be a wide variety of content on its pages. The main purpose is to archive blogs and magazines, but you can use it to safeguard all your documents. Remember that we cannot vouch for the content of the user‘s libraries, therefore, we are not responsible for what is found.
3.2 Where can I browse or search for content?
You can browse through available libraries from the main page or through OAI and DSpace libraries through the Interoperability section once you login. Content can be searched for anywhere from the Quick Search textfield. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
3.3 What kind of searches can I perform?
You can search only your library or the whole set of libraries (Basic Search). You can refine your answers by specifying more fields through Advanced Search. Also, there is distributed search among specified (by you) libraries or through interoperability spaces. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
3.4 What do you mean by "interoperability"?
In PDLib terms, interoperability refers to when PDLib’s system interacts with other systems in a seamless and transparent way for the user, such as when you browse through OAI or DSpace standardized libraries. It also refers to when you add files to your library through RSS or Atom feeds.
3.5 What is OAI and DSpace?
OAI (Open Archive Initiative) is a web standard for metadata information to facilitate the use of digital libraries. DSpace is a similar standard.
3.6 Do you use RSS or Atom feeds?
Yes. All libraries‘ contents are syndicated through XML so you can stay up-to-date with different collections‘ content. You can also add a special collection with dynamic content depending on the feed you select.
3.7 What is WebSearch?
PDLib has incorporated into its latest versions of theWebClient the hability to search the Internet directly from PDLib, without ever leaving your digital repository. You can perform searches upon engines such as Google or Yahoo, and then add the documents you find to your library seamlessly.
4.1 How do I install PDLib?
For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
4.2 What platforms does PDLib support?
PDLib can work with Windows and Unix-based systems, such as Linux or Solaris. For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
4.3 What are the requirements for hosting a PDLib structure?
You can see a list of the requirements needed to host your own PDLib server in theinstall guide.
4.4 How are updates distributed?
Every time an update is released we will notify registered users so you can download the new version of PDLib.
Architecture
A general overview of the PDLib system. The system is composed of three layers:
Client Tier. Includes the variety of devices with which an user can interact with PDLib.
Server Tier. Shows the server system infrastructure that provide services to clients:
(a) Data Server,
(b) Mobile Connection Middlware (MCM) and,
(c) Web Front-end.
Interoperability Tier. Includes other (PDLib) data servers and OAI-MHP compliant digital library systems, as well as RSS syndication.
The devices of the client tier communicate with the server tier to access PDLib digital library services.
The access type of the client tier with the server tier varies according
to the client device’s capabilities, thus solving wireless connection or memory issues.
The architecture of PDLib reflects the following access types:
Middleware Access. Supports mobile devices, especially
those with limited computing resources (e.g. HTTP enabled mobile phones, PDA).
Web Access. Provides HTTP-access to any device that includes
a Web browser (e.g. WML/HTML microbrowserenabled mobile phones).
Direct Access. Applications with very particular requirements (such as the BeUpBin or AdminClient)
can access the data server directly.
System Services
The services provided by a personal digital library are:
Administration. Through this service you can manage all files and collections in your library. It includes a wide variety of operations, such as:
CRUD operations. CRUD stands for Creation, Retrieval, Update and Deletion operations for both Documentsmetadata) andCollections (names and permissions), as well as Libraries (through theAdministrator Client).
Copy/Move Documents or Collections. Copy and Move operations are provided to duplicate or relocate document and collection objects within the hierarchical structure of the personal digital library
Send document via email. Directly from your PDLib you can email documents.
Send document to another PDLib User. Sent documents go to the destinatary‘s unfiled Collection.
Search. Boolean search and ranked search of documents according to their full-text content and/or associated metadata. The following variants of the search operation have been defined:
Basic Search. Returns documents according to a search expression.
Advanced Search. Returns documents according to several metadata-specific search expressions.
Recursive Search. The search scope is performed in all the collection hierarchy.
Multi-Library (Distributed) Search. The search scope includes libraries from other users or other digital library systems (see Interoperability Service for more information).
Navigation. Navigation in PDLib provides the user an interface from which he can hierarchically explore his own documents and collections, as well as some of the other digital library systems..
Interoperability. PDLib‘s Dataserver and Infrastructure is designed more and more towards an interoperability platform with which the user will be able to interact with other systems directly from within. Some of these services are:
OAI and DSpace. The difference between these systems and PDLib‘s is transparent to the user. All original archive information is displayed with which you can search or browse.
RSS and Atom syndicalization. The contents of any PDLib library are syndicated and available for viewing through readers or live bookmarks.
Feeding the library through RSS or Atom systems. PDLib will be able to support import of content syndicated through RSS or Atom feeds.
Download Presentation,See screenshot.
Feeding the library through Web Search. PDLib will be able to perform searches on Google and Yahoo! and add search results to an updatable collection.Download Presentation,See screenshot.
Access control. Users can decide whether to preset their collections to be public or private. In this manner, only authorized users will be able to
Project Team
Project Leaders
Juan C. Lavariega Jarquin, Lead Researcher
Martha Sordia Salinas
Lorena G. Gomez Martinez
Current Developers
David Álvarez López (since Jan.06)
Andrés Grande Díaz (since Aug.06)
Luis Manuel Pulido Salinas (since Aug.06)
Rodolfo Wilhelmy (since Sep.06)
Diana Paola Chávez Charansonnet (since Jan.07)
Alejandro Mor醤 (since Ago.05)
Past Developers
Francisco Álvarez Cavazos (Aug.03 - )
Adan Salinas Flores (Aug.03 - )
Roberto García (Aug.03 - Dec.04)
Luis Alberto Hurtado Alvarado (Jan.04 - )
Miguel Angel Escoffie Puerto (Aug.04 - )
Eugenio Flores (Oct.04 - Dec.05)
Manuel Deschamps Rascon (since Oct.04)
An韇al Abarca Gil (Sept.05 - )
Alberto Saavedra (Jan.05 - Dec.05)
Marcos E. Guevara Camacho (Aug.03 - Dec.04)
Eduardo Álvarez Cavazos (Sept.04 - Dec.05)
Arturo Andrés Ornelas Mesta (May.05 - Apr.06)
Alejandro Mora (Jun.06 - Sep.06)
Jorge Pozas (Jan.06 - Sep.06)
Alejandro Cebrián (Jan.06 - Sep.06)
Miguel Angel Arellano (Mar.05 - Dec.06)
Contact Us
Feel free to mail us any feedback or questions about the project
The PDLib project team
The site‘s webmaster
General Information
1.1 What is PDLib?
PDLib is a space online where you can store your documents and later retrieve them through your desktop computer or handheld device.
PDlib
1.2 What does "PDLib" stand for?
PDLib stands for Personal Digital Library. It is personal in the sense that everyone who joins will have his/her own personal space to gather documents. We use the term Library because we focus on Digital Libraries functionality and interoperability issues.
1.3 To whom is PDLib oriented to?
PDLib is the ideal tool for people that need to organize their files easily and have them available wherever they go: home, in the office, or even on the street. Right now PDLib is used mainly by students and teachers, but you can expect to find a wide variety of member profiles.
1.4 How do I signup?
Send a mail topdlib.mty@itesm.mx or directly trough thesignup page
1.5 Are there any ads in PDLib?
No way. PDLib is an educational open source project, so earning money out of it would go against our principles. PDLib is and will continue to be free of charge.
1.6 Can I install PDLib in my own servers?
Yes. As an open source project, PDLib is free to download and install. For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
1.7 Where is PDLib developed?
PDLib is a project from the Tecnológico de Monterrey University, in Monterrey, México. Visit ourProject Team page for more detailed information.
1.8 Exist any other projects similar to PDLib?
They are several projects similar to PDLIB such like:DSpace,Phronesis,Alfresco,Greenstone Digital Library,Koha, The Stanford Digital Library Project, among others.
1.9 What are privacy policies on PDLib?
PDLib will never publish, exchange or sell you personal information or documents you submit to our servers.
2.1 How do I upload my documents?
When you first want to add content to your library you have several options. You may either upload them manually through theWebClient or several documents at a time through theBeUpBin. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.2 Where can I retrieve my documents from?
You can always go online and download your documents from theWebClient, or take them on the go through thePocketClient. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.3 How much storage do I get?
We are currently not limiting the amount of space you have, although the uploads do have a maximum size of 40 MB.
2.4 What is a collection?
In PDLib‘s context, a collection is like a folder or an album where you can store and organize your files.
2.5 What is the meaning of the different colors of collections (web client)?
Public Collection: Anyone (signed in or not) will be able to see this collection.
Private Collection : Only you will be able to see this collection.
Unfiled: In this collection all files sent by other users are kept.
External Collection: This is the default color for all external libraries (other user‘s libraries or interoperability).
OAI Collection: This is the default color for OAI libraries. (For further information clickhere)
2.6 What is a document‘s metadata?
In PDLib‘s context, the word "metadata" refers to the basic information of your documents, such as title, author, summary or tags.
2.7 What document formats are supported?
PDLib‘s search engine currently supports most files with indexable text. Other file formats can be uploaded but they‘re content will not be recognized by the search engine (though you can still find them through their metadata). The advantage of uploading .doc or .rtf formats is that they can be seen in multiple formats, like .txt or .pdf. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
2.8 What is the difference between public and private collections?
Public collections can be seen by everybody who browses or searches for PDLib content using any of the clients. Private collections, on the other hand, are visible only to you and do not appear in public searches.
3.1 What kind of content can I expect to find?
Since PDLib is a space for everyone to upload documents, there can be a wide variety of content on its pages. The main purpose is to archive blogs and magazines, but you can use it to safeguard all your documents. Remember that we cannot vouch for the content of the user‘s libraries, therefore, we are not responsible for what is found.
3.2 Where can I browse or search for content?
You can browse through available libraries from the main page or through OAI and DSpace libraries through the Interoperability section once you login. Content can be searched for anywhere from the Quick Search textfield. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
3.3 What kind of searches can I perform?
You can search only your library or the whole set of libraries (Basic Search). You can refine your answers by specifying more fields through Advanced Search. Also, there is distributed search among specified (by you) libraries or through interoperability spaces. For more detailed information, please visit the user guide.
3.4 What do you mean by "interoperability"?
In PDLib terms, interoperability refers to when PDLib’s system interacts with other systems in a seamless and transparent way for the user, such as when you browse through OAI or DSpace standardized libraries. It also refers to when you add files to your library through RSS or Atom feeds.
3.5 What is OAI and DSpace?
OAI (Open Archive Initiative) is a web standard for metadata information to facilitate the use of digital libraries. DSpace is a similar standard.
3.6 Do you use RSS or Atom feeds?
Yes. All libraries‘ contents are syndicated through XML so you can stay up-to-date with different collections‘ content. You can also add a special collection with dynamic content depending on the feed you select.
3.7 What is WebSearch?
PDLib has incorporated into its latest versions of theWebClient the hability to search the Internet directly from PDLib, without ever leaving your digital repository. You can perform searches upon engines such as Google or Yahoo, and then add the documents you find to your library seamlessly.
4.1 How do I install PDLib?
For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
4.2 What platforms does PDLib support?
PDLib can work with Windows and Unix-based systems, such as Linux or Solaris. For more detailed information, please visit theinstall guide.
4.3 What are the requirements for hosting a PDLib structure?
You can see a list of the requirements needed to host your own PDLib server in theinstall guide.
4.4 How are updates distributed?
Every time an update is released we will notify registered users so you can download the new version of PDLib.
Architecture
A general overview of the PDLib system. The system is composed of three layers:
Client Tier. Includes the variety of devices with which an user can interact with PDLib.
Server Tier. Shows the server system infrastructure that provide services to clients:
(a) Data Server,
(b) Mobile Connection Middlware (MCM) and,
(c) Web Front-end.
Interoperability Tier. Includes other (PDLib) data servers and OAI-MHP compliant digital library systems, as well as RSS syndication.
The devices of the client tier communicate with the server tier to access PDLib digital library services.
The access type of the client tier with the server tier varies according
to the client device’s capabilities, thus solving wireless connection or memory issues.
The architecture of PDLib reflects the following access types:
Middleware Access. Supports mobile devices, especially
those with limited computing resources (e.g. HTTP enabled mobile phones, PDA).
Web Access. Provides HTTP-access to any device that includes
a Web browser (e.g. WML/HTML microbrowserenabled mobile phones).
Direct Access. Applications with very particular requirements (such as the BeUpBin or AdminClient)
can access the data server directly.
System Services
The services provided by a personal digital library are:
Administration. Through this service you can manage all files and collections in your library. It includes a wide variety of operations, such as:
CRUD operations. CRUD stands for Creation, Retrieval, Update and Deletion operations for both Documentsmetadata) andCollections (names and permissions), as well as Libraries (through theAdministrator Client).
Copy/Move Documents or Collections. Copy and Move operations are provided to duplicate or relocate document and collection objects within the hierarchical structure of the personal digital library
Send document via email. Directly from your PDLib you can email documents.
Send document to another PDLib User. Sent documents go to the destinatary‘s unfiled Collection.
Search. Boolean search and ranked search of documents according to their full-text content and/or associated metadata. The following variants of the search operation have been defined:
Basic Search. Returns documents according to a search expression.
Advanced Search. Returns documents according to several metadata-specific search expressions.
Recursive Search. The search scope is performed in all the collection hierarchy.
Multi-Library (Distributed) Search. The search scope includes libraries from other users or other digital library systems (see Interoperability Service for more information).
Navigation. Navigation in PDLib provides the user an interface from which he can hierarchically explore his own documents and collections, as well as some of the other digital library systems..
Interoperability. PDLib‘s Dataserver and Infrastructure is designed more and more towards an interoperability platform with which the user will be able to interact with other systems directly from within. Some of these services are:
OAI and DSpace. The difference between these systems and PDLib‘s is transparent to the user. All original archive information is displayed with which you can search or browse.
RSS and Atom syndicalization. The contents of any PDLib library are syndicated and available for viewing through readers or live bookmarks.
Feeding the library through RSS or Atom systems. PDLib will be able to support import of content syndicated through RSS or Atom feeds.
Download Presentation,See screenshot.
Feeding the library through Web Search. PDLib will be able to perform searches on Google and Yahoo! and add search results to an updatable collection.Download Presentation,See screenshot.
Access control. Users can decide whether to preset their collections to be public or private. In this manner, only authorized users will be able to
Project Team
Project Leaders
Juan C. Lavariega Jarquin, Lead Researcher
Martha Sordia Salinas
Lorena G. Gomez Martinez
Current Developers
David Álvarez López (since Jan.06)
Andrés Grande Díaz (since Aug.06)
Luis Manuel Pulido Salinas (since Aug.06)
Rodolfo Wilhelmy (since Sep.06)
Diana Paola Chávez Charansonnet (since Jan.07)
Alejandro Mor醤 (since Ago.05)
Past Developers
Francisco Álvarez Cavazos (Aug.03 - )
Adan Salinas Flores (Aug.03 - )
Roberto García (Aug.03 - Dec.04)
Luis Alberto Hurtado Alvarado (Jan.04 - )
Miguel Angel Escoffie Puerto (Aug.04 - )
Eugenio Flores (Oct.04 - Dec.05)
Manuel Deschamps Rascon (since Oct.04)
An韇al Abarca Gil (Sept.05 - )
Alberto Saavedra (Jan.05 - Dec.05)
Marcos E. Guevara Camacho (Aug.03 - Dec.04)
Eduardo Álvarez Cavazos (Sept.04 - Dec.05)
Arturo Andrés Ornelas Mesta (May.05 - Apr.06)
Alejandro Mora (Jun.06 - Sep.06)
Jorge Pozas (Jan.06 - Sep.06)
Alejandro Cebrián (Jan.06 - Sep.06)
Miguel Angel Arellano (Mar.05 - Dec.06)
Contact Us
Feel free to mail us any feedback or questions about the project
The PDLib project team
The site‘s webmaster