Right, an actual work query: part of the project I'm setting up looks like it will need to include some sort of item cataloguing system.
It's going to be a meta-catalogue so we don't need updates on borrowing or anything, this is just a "where to find stuff". We will want to point at a wide range of resources & simplicity/stability are high priority. Thoughts on tech/software systems welcome, folk of #DigitalHumanities #Libraries #Librarian & #Archives Mastodon - grateful for thoughts & boosts!
@chalpin They'll all be in the general field of Caucasus history: I'm expecting both physical and digital items (for example there's someone who has a big sound archive who'd like to be included, and part of the project is getting a proper repository for digital papers/theses etc so there'll be PDFs to point to on that).
In my head search will need to be available by title/author/tag system. It's a sufficiently specific area that I'm not sure there's a good preexisting tag vocabulary available.
What about using a simple graph database like https://graphdb.ontotext.com/ ?
Or even simpler, using python and the library 'networkx' or 'graph-tool'?
I see...
I can't speak for any of these, but maybe you'll find a suitable out-of-the-box solution here:
https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-graph-databases/
Alternatively, have you looked in to Zotero for managing your 'library' of physical and digital items?
You could just repurpose some of the existing categories:
e.g. using 'podcast' or 'radio broadcast' for the sound-items
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