Glossary
Tip
See the Geo4LibCamp Glossary for more definitions at https://geo4libcamp.org/glossary
Aardvark
- Metadata schema for GeoBlacklight 4.x and beyond
GBL 1.0
- Metadata schema for GeoBlacklight 1.0-3.x
GeoJSON
- Specific type of JSON for geographic features, such as OpenIndexMaps. GeoBlacklight metadata files are NOT GeoJSONs.
Faraday
- A type of middleware for Ruby on Rails that provides a common interface, enabling different applications to send and receive data
IIIF
- International Image Interoperability Framework. Used for displaying static images, like scanned maps.
JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation - a flexible key:value pair file format used for GeoBlacklight metadata documents
Mirador
- Open-Source IIIF viewer
OGM
- OpenGeoMetadata
OpenIndexMaps
- GeoJSON-based file specification for standardizing spatial index maps
Solr
- The search index for GeoBlacklight
Sprockets
- Ruby library for compiling and serving web assets