Vision:
A L O E - The Social Resource and Metadata Hub
ALOE is an open platform that allows to introduce social media paradigms in existing (heterogeneous)
infrastructures. ALOE combines traditional approaches to manage resources with user generated content.
Features of
ALOE are, among others
- upload and share arbitrary types of digital resources,
- share and organize bookmarks,
- tag, rate, and comment on resources and bookmarks,
- initiate groups and communicate with other users,
- publish as private, public, or only for certain groups,
- find resources with different types of search filters,
- rank search results according to different criteria,
- associate arbitrary metadata sets with resources,
- Web Service API (SOAP) for all functionalities.
ALOE is used in several projects, e.g., the European project
MACE
(Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe) and
C-LINK (a web based tool to support conference attendees).