The BEN Project Site is a resource for members of the BEN Collaborative to access technical information, standards, and software downloads that are useful for collections management, metadata harvesting, and participation in the BEN Collaborative. If you have a suggestion for this page or feedback on the resources available here, please contact us (http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/contact/index.php).

Software Downloads

• NEW The Dewey Collections Tool version 2.0 is now available:
  • Unix: dewey.tar.gz
  • Windows: dewey.zip
  • Dewey 2.0 Documentaion:
    • Installation Guide
    • User Guide
    • Release Notes
    • Change Log
    • Database Schema
    Dewey version 1.0 has been deprecated, and is no longer recommended for use.
• NEW A demo of the Dewey Collections Tools is now available at http://www.biosciednet.org/dewey/
• Metadata Harvester - (only required for non-Dewey users) 
  • Windows version (zip file, approx 11 MB)
  • Unix version (tar file, approx 225 KB)
  • Metadata Harvester Quick Start Guide
    

Technical Documentation

• NEW BEN Technical FAQ
• Dewey Peer Review Tool Documents:
  • NEW Peer Review Tool Software Requirements Specification (v1.2)
  • BEN Partner's Peer-Review Summary (Adobe Acrobat)
• Dewey Collections Tool Documents:
  • Collections Tool Definitions.pdf
  • Collections Tool SRS Second Release.pdf
  • Draft Email To Beta Testers.doc
  • Pilot Test Report.doc
• BEN Metadata Specifications Documents:
  • BEN LOM Metadata specification (Adobe Acrobat, Version 5)
  • XML specification/schema for transferring BEN LOM Metadata
  • BEN Technical Architecture
• BEN Portal Technical Documents and Links:
  • BEN Portal
  • BEN Administration Site (valid username and password required)
  • BEN Portal Hardware specification
  • BEN Portal Database specification - includes description of all the database tables and fields as well as list of database users and their access levels.

    Minor changes to the database 12/26/2001, 1/4/2002, 1/15/2002, 7/24/2003 and 9/23/2003. Read about the changes here. View the updated SQL schema here. Metadata harvester updated 7/24/2003.

Meeting Minutes and Notes

• Minutes for BEN Advisory Board Meeting - May 15, 2003
• Documents from the Collaborators Meeting, Feb. 1 - 3, 2006
• Documents from the Technical Meeting, Dec. 13, 2006