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@@ -8,23 +8,20 @@ ... catalog all the things! +This repository contains source code for 'fatcat', an editable catalog of +published written works (mostly journal articles), with a focus on tracking +the location and status of full-text copies to ensure "perpetual access". + The [RFC](./fatcat-rfc.md) is the original design document, and the best place to start for background. There is a work-in-progress "guide" at <https://guide.fatcat.wiki>; the canonical public location of this repository is <https://github.com/internetarchive/fatcat>. -There are four main components: - -- backend API server and database -- elasticsearch index -- API client libraries and bots (eg, ingesters) -- front-end web interface (built on API and library) +There are three main components: -The API server was prototyped in python. "Real" implementation started in -golang, but shifted to Rust, and is work-in-progress. The beginings of a client -library, web interface, and data ingesters exist in python. Elasticsearch index -is currently just a Crossref metadata dump and doesn't match entities in the -database/API (but is useful for paper lookups). +- backend API server and database (in Rust) +- API client libraries and bots (in Python) +- front-end web interface (in Python; built on API and library) See the LICENSE file for details permissions and licensing of both python and rust code. In short, the auto-generated client libraries are permissively @@ -32,26 +29,28 @@ released, while the API server and web interface are strong copyleft (AGPLv3). ## Status -- HTTP API - - [x] base32 encoding of UUID identifiers - - [x] inverse many-to-many helpers (files-by-release, release-by-creator) -- SQL Schema +- SQL and HTTP API schemas - [x] Basic entities - [x] one-to-many and many-to-many entities - [x] JSON(B) "extra" metadata fields - [x] full rev1 schema for all entities - [ ] editgroup review: comments? actions? + - [ ] file sets and web captures +- HTTP API Server + - [x] base32 encoding of UUID identifiers + - [x] inverse many-to-many helpers (files-by-release, release-by-creator) + - [ ] Authentication (eg, accounts, OAuth2, JWT) + - [ ] Authorization (aka, roles) - Web Interface - [x] Migrate Python codebase - [ ] Creation and editing of all entities - Other + - [x] Elasticsearch schema - [x] Basic logging - [x] Swagger-UI + - [x] Bulk metadata exports - [ ] Sentry (error reporting) - [ ] Metrics - - [ ] Authentication (eg, accounts, OAuth2, JWT) - - [ ] Authorization (aka, roles) - - [ ] bot vs. editor ## Identifiers |