Asset Actions - Manipulating distributed digital library objects

An asset action package is an XML-defined set of actionable URIs for a digital resource that delivers named, typed actions for that resource. Packages are made up of action groups, which are sets of actions, with an optional set of parameters which are specific to the group. Every asset action package contains at least a "default" action group which provides a basic high-level set of actions. It is optimal but not required that it also contain at least one basic medium-specific action group which provides a set of basic functions for a known type of resource. An asset action package may contain any number of additional action groups. Additional information is available in the Asset Action white paper, the presentation of the portal at the Digital Library Federation Forum Spring 2006 and a summary of The "asset actions" experiment & portal. View information about the XML schema For certain images, you may be able to use the Collector tool developed by the University of Virgina Library by right-clicking on the thumbnails in the thumbnails view. In order to benefit from all functionalities, Javascript must be enabled and JRE 1.5 installed on your machine.

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The following collections are represented in the DLF-Aquifer Asset Action experimental portal: Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection Indiana University Archives Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago Historical Society) Northwestern University Library World War II Poster Collection African Posters from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University The Edwin C. Bolles Collection: A Digital Archive on the History and Topography of London (Digital Collections and Archives - Tufts University)

The DLF-Aquifer technical working group is composed of: Jon Dunn, Indiana University (chair) Eric Celeste, University of Minnesota Tim Cole, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jerry Persons, Stanford University Jody DeRidder, University of Tennessee Cory Snavely, University of Michigan Thornton Staples, University of Virginia Contributors: Jon Dunn Bill Parod Robert Chavez Robert Haschart Credits: Muriel Foulonneau Thomas G. Habing Timothy W. Cole

DLF Aquifer is built upon the DLF mission to enable new research and scholarship through the development and adoption of technical standards and best practices. DLF Aquifer participants leverage shared actions, resources and infrastructures to encourage the creation of digital collections that can be brought together and made accessible across the globe. © 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Last updated on March 2006. Hosted by Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.