Overview

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[[ActiveFedora Wiki|Overview]] | [[Documentation]] | [[Community]]
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h1. ActiveFedora Wiki
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h2. Overview
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ActiveFedora is a Ruby gem for creating and managing objects in the Fedora Repository Architecture.
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The purpose of ActiveFedora is to make it possible to build Fedora client applications rapidly and efficiently while taking advantage of the best contemporary application development practices.
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Within that, our emphasis is on 
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* refining & popularizing a simple, intuitive and effective content modeling language
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* develop tools for leveraging mature parts of Fedora's Content Model Architecture (CMA)
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* leverage existing search/index techniques in a flexible and modular way
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* encourage creaion & exchange of sane and well encapsulated solutions for metadata management
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* facilitate community innovation & collaboration around user-oriented content-driven application development