Latest Version

The latest stable version of the Cheshire3 Python package can be installed from PyPi - the Python Package Index:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cheshire3/

Bleeding edge source code is under version control and available from the Cheshire3 GitHub repository. Please note however that the code in the repository (with the exception of the 'master' branch) is under continuous development and may not be suitable for a production system. The repository can be found at:
http://github.com/cheshire3/cheshire3

Previously, source code was available from our own Subversion server. The SVN repository is being kept alive for the time being as read-only, and best efforts will be made to keep it up-to-date with the master (i.e. stable/production) branch from the Cheshire3 Git repository. It is available at:
http://svn.cheshire3.org/repos/cheshire3

Downloading Cheshire3 Bundles

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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Older Versions

• 0.9.10
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.1

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Legal

Copyright © 2005-2012, the University of Liverpool. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
• Neither the name of the University of Liverpool nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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MARC Utilities

The following licensing conditions apply to the marc_utils module included in the Cheshire3 package. In the following statements, "This file" and "the Software" should be understood to mean marc_utils.py.

This file should be available from http://www.pobox.com/~asl2/software/PyZ3950/ and is licensed under the X Consortium license: Copyright © 2001, Aaron S. Lav, asl2@pobox.com All rights reserved.

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