Modules

The eXtensible Catalog Drupal Toolkit includes several modules. Although packaged together as a group, a few modules are independent from the rest of the Drupal Toolkit and can be used separately as necessary. Of the rest, there are many different types of modules part of the eXtensible Catalog system.

Core modules
The following modules are essential components of the Drupal Toolkit:

Independent modules
The following modules can be used independently:

Connector and bridge modules
The following modules act as a connector or a bridge between an independent module or an external system and the rest of the essential components of the Drupal Toolkit:

Storage modules
The following modules enable storage and retrieval to and from metadata storage locations:

Schema modules
The following modules enable specific metadata schemas and formats:

  • XC Schema
  • XC OAI DC Schema

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Learn more about independent modules, connector and bridge modules, core modules, storage modules, and schema modules.

NCIP

The NCIP module is an extensible API that allows developers to create applications that communicate via the NCIP protocol.

OAI Harvester module - a developer's guide

OAI Harvester module

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Introduction

XC Account

The XC Account module simply provides hooks and functions to:

XC Authentication

The XC Authentication module allows remote authentication systems to authenticate Drupal users through the eXtensible Catalog Drupal Toolkit

XC Browse

The modules's purpose is to provide a user interface, where the user can browse records. It has an administrator interface, where the

XC ILS

The XC ILS module allows an administrator to link an ILS to the Drupal Toolkit. Currently, the only configuration available maps

XC Metadata

The XC Metadata module is the "CCK for XC". This module uses schemas like Dublin Core and XC schemas, and according to the rules and

XC NCIP Provider

The XC NCIP Provider module facilitates the communication between the eXtensible Catalog Drupal Toolkit and XC NCIP Toolkit. The module

XC OAI Harvester Bridge

This module is a "bridge" between the independent OAI harvester module and the rest of XC. Its purpose is, that it implements the

XC Search

XC Search module is the search part of the Drupal Toolkit. It has two part: the user interface, and the administrator interface.

XC Solr

Running Solr in special way

XC WordNet

The XC WordNet module integrates the Wordnet linguistic database into XC Drupal Toolkit.

XC eXternal Services Framework API

The XC External module is an API for external sources. External sources are those web services, which provides some additional contents,

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