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Research Repository Web Site

Created during employment at Boston University's Department of Engineering
Project supervisors:
Prof. William Clement Karl
John Kaufhold
Time frame: Summer 1997 - Present

Short description:
RSTR is a web site which facilitates sharing of research efforts in multi-university research initiative (MURI). In its core its a repository of research abstracts and research papers, but also a calendar of events. As such, it allows the following functions:

• Submission of different types of material
• Maintenance of submitted materials (capability to update/erase it)
• Browsing of different types of material
• Searching

There is slightly more to it, however. The content is searchable and browsable.

Architectural setup:

• Web Server/Application Server: AOLServer running an Sun UltraSparc 2/60 with 2 processors.
• Database Server: Solid Web Engine V2.3 running on a Sun SparcStation ?
• Both running Solaris.

Scripted in:
AOLserver Tcl - provides excellent database connectivity and server APIs.

Features (no third-party components used, i.e. everything's done by yours truly)

• Fully automated document submission process--documents can be FTP'd onto the web server or through a link to the outside web -or- FTP server. All the links are checked for accessibility upon submission and periodically afterwards.
• Browsing/formatting of all of the dynamic content, bibliographically correct.
• Calendar of events (Snapshot)
• Automatic bibliography generator for all papers which are contained in the database.
• Custom search engine which allows logical connectives and wildcards. (Snapshot 1) (Snapshot 2)
• Completely web-based custom administration suite. Allows the users to maintain content through their browsers. (Snapshot) For super-users, allows to administer users, user groups etc.
• Custom hierarchical permissions system.
• Custom submission/administration activity log generation.
• Automated integrity checker--consistency of static WWW/FTP links is periodically checked, then a report is e-mailed to the Web master.