The first public version of MyCoRe was released in October 2001.[7] Since then the software was developed by the MyCoRe team.[8] The software became known as "Institutional Repository Software" as declared on the site of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.[9]InGermany there are more than 20 Universities and institutions that provide over 70 repositories based on MyCoRe.[10]
Configurable metadata model: The Metadata Object Description Schema is the default metadata format within the MyCoRe sample application "MIR". Any other metadata format can be configured.
Classifications can be edited or imported, as standard (e.g. DDC), in flat or hierarchical structure.
Roles and rights are configurable
There is an internal file system integrated in the MyCoRe framework.
Local or external authentication mechanisms can be used.
A detailed rights and role concept allows to manage the access to data and metadata.
MyCoRe provides a ready to install sample repository called MIR, which a system administrator can install on a single Linux, Mac OSX or Windows box to get started.[11]
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