DLXS

Synopsis
The DLXS middleware is open-source software developed by the Digital Library Production Service (DLPS) at the University of Michigan. It is most commonly used with XPAT, a licensed XML-aware search engine.

System requirements
See http://www.dlxs.org/docs/12a/intro/sysreq.html, http://www.dlxs.org/techinfo/requirements.html, and http://www.dlxs.org/techinfo/environments.html

Source code and licensing
Custom open-source license (for DLXS middleware only and not for XPAT).

No discount for TEI members.

Support for TEI
For textual digital library objects, supports "Text Class", a modified version of TEI Lite's P3 version.

Language(s)
Code is in Perl CGI and XSL.

Documentation and technical support are provided in English.

Default interface is in English. All classes except Bib Class have modular interface, allowing for multilingual or non-English interfaces without disturbing the rest of code.

Tech support
http://www.dlxs.org/about/prospectus.html

User community
Public list: http://listserver.itd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=dlxsfree-users

List open only to employees of subscribing institutions (those paying an annual fee for technical support): http://listserver.itd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=dlxs-list

Sample implementations
http://www.dlxs.org/about/samples.html

Current version number and date of release
12a (2006-05-15)

History of versions
See release notes at http://www.dlxs.org/products/index.html.

How to download or buy
http://www.dlxs.org/products/index.html

Additional notes
Documentation is available on website, but teaching materials from past workshops is sometimes more helpful than the actual documentation.