ARCHE Suite: A Flexible Approach to Repository Metadata Management

Abstract

This article presents an innovative approach to metadata handling implemented in the ARCHE Suite repository solution. It first discusses the technical requirements for metadata management and contrasts them with the shortcomings of existing solutions. Then, it demonstrates how the ARCHE Suite addresses those problems. After one year of use, we can assert that the approach implemented in the ARCHE Suite is viable and provides important benefits. We aim to establish the ARCHE Suite as an open-source repository solution to be used also by other parties.