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<h1>Aperture</h1>
<h2>a Java framework for getting data and metadata</h2>
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<b>Project name</b>
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<p>
From <a class=3D"ext-link" title=3D"http://www.webster.com/" href=3D"http://=
www.webster.com/">Merriam-Webster Online</a>:
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Main Entry: <strong>ap=B7er=B7ture</strong>
(sounds like <a class=3D"ext-link" title=3D"http://cougar.eb.com/sound/a/ape=
rtu01.wav" href=3D"http://cougar.eb.com/sound/a/apertu01.wav">this</a>)<br>
Pronunciation: 'ap-&amp;(r)-"chur, -ch&amp;r, -"tyur, -"tur<br>
Function: noun<br>
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin apertura, from apertus, past
participle of aperire to open<br>
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<ol>
<li>an opening or open space : HOLE</li>
<li>a : the opening in a photographic lens that admits the light<br>
b : the diameter of the stop in an optical system that determines the diamet=
er
of the bundle of rays traversing the instrument<br>
c : the diameter of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope</li>
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<h2>News</h2>
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<b>March 6, 2006:</b> <a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p=
hp?group_id=3D150969">Aperture
2006.1 alpha 2</a> released!
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<p>
This release adds support for crawling file systems, web sites, IMAP and Out=
look mail boxes.
Furthermore, the number of supported file formats has increased significantl=
y.
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<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Crawl information systems such as file systems, websites, mail boxes and=
mail servers</li>
<li>Extract full-text and metadata from many common file formats</li>
<li>View files in their native applications</li>
<li>Ease of use: easy to learn, easy to code, easy to deploy in industrial p=
rojects</li>
<li>Flexible architecture: can be extended with custom file formats, data so=
urces, etc.,
with support for deployment on OSGi platforms</li>
<li>Data exchange based on Semantic Web standards (e.g. RDF, SPARQL, ...)</l=
i>
</ul>
<h2>Supported File Formats</h2>
<ul>
<li>Plain text</li>
<li>HTML, XHTML</li>
<li>XML</li>
<li>PDF (Portable Document Format)</li>
<li>RTF (Rich Text Format)</li>
<li>Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Publisher</li>
<li>Microsoft Works</li>
<li>OpenOffice 1.x: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw</li>
<li>StarOffice 6.x - 7.x+: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw</li>
<li>OpenDocument (OpenOffice 2.x, StarOffice 8.x)</li>
<li>Corel WordPerfect, Quattro, Presentations</li>
<li>Emails (.eml files)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Crawlers</h2>
<p>
Crawlers support the extraction of information from heterogenous data source=
s.
At the moment we support the following source types:</p>
<ul>
<li>File Systems (local, remote, removeable media)</li>
<li>Websites and intranets</li>
<li>IMAP e-mail servers</li>
<li>Microsoft Outlook (alpha)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name=3D"support"></a>Support</h2>
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At this moment the project is still in alpha stage and we provide only limit=
ed support.
If you have any questions about the project, feel free to join the
<a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3D150969">development mail=
inglist</a> and ask us.
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<h2><a name=3D"development"></a>Development</h2>
<p>
To use Aperture in your own projects, read the <a href=3D"http://aperture.so=
urceforge.net/documentation.html">documentation</a>
for information about requirements and code examples.
</p>
<p>
If you are interested in contributing, feel free to contact the project admi=
ns or join the
<a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3D150969">development mail=
inglist</a>.
We are very interested in new extractors and other contributions including c=
rawlers.
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Aperture is a Java framework for extracting and querying full-text
content and metadata from various information systems (e.g. file systems,
web sites, mail boxes) and the file formats (e.g. documents, images)
occurring in these systems.
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<h2>Developed By</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href=3D"http://aduna.biz/">Aduna</a></li>
<li><a href=3D"http://www.dfki.de/">DFKI</a></li>
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