Bundles

Invenio is a highly modular framework with many modules that provide various different functionality. We are packing related modules into bundles which is released together at the same time.

Each module has a separate documentation which you can find linked below.

Base bundle

The base bundle contains all modules related to the generic web application. This includes the Flask/Celery application factories, configuration management, I18N, logging, database management, assets/theme management, mail handling and administration interface.

Included modules:

  • invenio-admin
    • Administration interface for Invenio based on Flask-Admin.
  • invenio-app
    • Flask, WSGI, Celery and CLI applications for Invenio including security-related headers and rate limiting.
  • invenio-assets
    • Static files management and Webpack integration for Invenio.
  • invenio-base
    • Flask application factories implementing the application loading patterns with entry points in Invenio.
  • invenio-cache
    • Caching module for Invenio, supporting Reddis and Memcached as backends.
  • invenio-celery
    • Task discovery and default configuration of Celery for Invenio.
  • invenio-config
    • Configuration loading pattern responsible for loading configuration from Python modules, instance folder and environment variables.
  • invenio-db
    • Database connection management for Invenio.
  • invenio-formatter
    • Jinja template engine utilities for Invenio.
  • invenio-i18n
    • I18N utilities like user locale detection, message catalog merging and views for language change.
  • invenio-logging
    • Configuration of logging to both console, files and log aggregation engines like sentry.io
  • invenio-mail
    • Mail sending for Invenio using Flask-Mail.
  • invenio-rest
    • REST API utilities including Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) and Content Negotiation versioning support.
  • invenio-theme
    • Jinja templates implementing a basic theme for Invenio as well as menus and breadcrumbs support.
  • docker-invenio
    • Docker base images based on CentOS 7 for Invenio.
  • pytest-invenio
    • Testing utilities for Invenio modules and applications.

Auth bundle

The auth bundle contains all modules related to account and access management, user profiles, session management and OAuth (provider and client)

Included modules:

  • invenio-access
    • Role Based Access Control (RBAC) with object level permissions.
  • invenio-accounts
    • User/role management, registration, password recovery, email verification, session theft protection, strong cryptographic hashing of passwords, hash migration, session activity tracking and CSRF protection of REST API via JSON Web Tokens.
  • invenio-oauth2server
    • OAuth 2.0 Provider for REST API authentication via access tokens.
  • invenio-oauthclient
    • User identity management and support for login via ORCID, GitHub, Google or other OAuth providers.
  • invenio-userprofiles
    • User profiles for integration into registration forms.

The modules relies heavily on a suite of open source community projects:

Metadata bundle

The metadata bundle contains all modules related to records and metadata management including e.g. records storage, persistent identifier management, search engine indexing, an OAI-PMH server and REST APIs for records.

Included modules:

Files bundle (beta)

Note

This bundle is in beta. The modules are being used in production systems but are still missing some minor changes as well as documentation.

The files bundle contains all modules related to management of files in Invenio, including an object storage REST API, multiple supported storage backends, file previewers, and IIIF image server and an integration layer between files and records.

Included modules:

  • invenio-files-rest
    • Object storage REST API for Invenio with many supported backend storage protocols and file integrity checking.
  • invenio-iiif
    • International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) server for making thumbnails and zooming images.
  • invenio-previewer
    • Previewer for Markdown, JSON/XML, CSV, PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF and ZIP files.
  • invenio-records-files
    • Integration layer between object storage and records.
  • invenio-xrootd
    • Support for the storage protocol XRootD in Invenio.

Statistics bundle (beta)

Note

This bundle is in beta. The modules are being used in production systems but are still missing some minor changes as well as documentation.

The statistics bundle contains all modules related to counting statistics such as file downloads, record views or any other type of events. It supports the COUNTER Code of Practice as well as Making Data Count Code of Practice including e.g. double-click detection.

Included modules:

  • invenio-stats
    • Event collection, processing and aggregation in time-based indicies in Elasticsearch.
  • invenio-queues
    • Event queue management module.
  • counter-robots
    • Module providing the list of robots according to the COUNTER Code of Practice.

Deposit bundle (alpha)

Note

This bundle is in alpha. The modules are being used in production systems but are very likely subject to change and are missing documentation.

Included modules:

  • invenio-deposit
    • REST API for managing deposit of records into Invenio with support for in progress editing of records.
  • invenio-files-js
    • AngularJS application for uploading files to Invenio via streaming the binary files in an HTTP request.
  • invenio-records-js
    • AngularJS application for interacting with the deposit REST API and rendering forms based on angular schema forms.
  • invenio-sipstore
    • Submission Information Package (SIP) store with bagit support.

Invenio modules (alpha)

Note

These modules are in alpha. The modules are being used in production systems but are most likely subject to changes and are missing documentation.

In addition to above bundles, we have a number of other individual modules which are all being used in production systems, but which are likely subject to change prior to final release and in most cases are missing documentation.

Core libraries

Above Invenio modules dependent on a number of smaller core libraries we have developed to take care of e.g. identifier normalization, DataCite/Dublin Core metadata generation, testing and citation formatting.

  • citeproc-py-styles
    • Citation Style Language (CSL) style files packaged as a Python module
  • datacite
    • Python library for generating DataCite XML from Python dictionaries and registering DOIs with the DataCite DOI registration service.
  • dcxml
    • Python library for generating Dublin Core XML from Python dictionaries.
  • dictdiffer
    • Python library for diffing/patching/merging JSON documents.
  • dojson
    • JSON to JSON rule-based transformation library.
  • flask-breadcrumbs
    • Flask extension for managing breadcrumbs in web applications.
  • flask-celeryext
    • Celery integration for Flask.
  • flask-iiif
    • IIIF server for Flask.
  • flask-menu
    • Menu generation support for Flask.
  • flask-sitemap
    • Sitemaps XML generation for Flask.
  • flask-webpack
    • Webpack integration for Flask.
  • idutils
    • Persistent identifier validation, identification and normalization.
  • jsonresolver
    • JSONRef resolver with support for local plugins.
  • pynpm
    • NPM integration for Python.
  • pywebpack
    • Webpack integration library for Python.
  • requirements-builder
    • Python CLI tool for testing multiple versions of different Python libraries in you continuous integration system.
  • xrootdpyfs
    • PyFilesystem plugin adding XRootD support.

Scaffolding

Following modules provide templates for getting started with Invenio:

Notes on license

Invenio is undergoing a change of license from GPLv2 to MIT License in most cases. Thus, you may especially for alpha and beta modules see that the license is still GPL v2 in the source code. This will be changed to MIT License for all repositories before being finally released. The only module we are currently aware of that can not be converted is Invenio-Query-Parser, which has a dependency on a GPL-licensed library. Invenio-Query-Parser is however not needed by most installations, as it only provides an Invenio v1.x compatible query parser.