<s>
Building	O
Resources	O
for	O
Integrated	O
Cultural	O
Knowledge	O
Services	O
(	O
BRICKS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
framework	O
for	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
distributed	O
digital	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BRICKS	B-Application
was	O
deployed	O
on	O
cultural	O
institutions	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
the	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Cultural	O
Heritage	O
Network	O
,	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
,	O
scientific	O
and	O
industrial	O
organizations	O
across	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
itself	O
is	O
shared	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
project	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
prototype	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
framework	O
(	O
v0.1	O
)	O
in	O
December	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
project	O
work	O
was	O
partly	O
funded	O
by	O
a	O
research	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
sixth	O
of	O
the	O
Framework	O
Programmes	O
for	O
Research	O
and	O
Technological	O
Development	O
under	O
the	O
Information	O
Society	O
Technologies	O
priority	O
,	O
action	O
line	O
“	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
project	O
established	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
cultural	O
institutions	O
to	O
share	O
digital	O
cultural	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
network	O
uses	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
made	O
of	O
decentralized	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Nodes	O
(	O
BNode	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
central	O
points	O
whose	O
failure	O
or	O
overload	O
could	O
stop	O
or	O
slowdown	O
the	O
whole	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BRICKS	B-Application
users	O
access	O
the	O
system	O
only	O
through	O
a	O
local	O
BNode	O
available	O
at	O
their	O
institution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BNode	O
consists	O
of	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
components	O
:	O
fundamental	O
,	O
core	O
,	O
and	O
basic	O
Bricks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
such	O
cases	O
fundamental	O
Bricks	B-Application
are	O
needed	O
on	O
every	O
machine	O
that	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
local	O
installation	O
,	O
and	O
core	O
and	O
basic	O
Bricks	B-Application
can	O
be	O
present	O
only	O
on	O
some	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
their	O
name	O
suggests	O
,	O
core	O
Bricks	B-Application
provide	O
core	O
system	O
functionalities	O
to	O
users	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
side	O
,	O
basic	O
Bricks	B-Application
are	O
optional	O
and	O
they	O
must	O
not	O
be	O
present	O
on	O
every	O
installation	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
mainly	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
using	O
an	O
embedded	O
version	O
of	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
application	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BNode	O
services	O
use	O
open-source	B-Application
libraries	O
and	O
frameworks	O
including	O
:	O
Jena	B-Application
,	O
Apache	O
Axis	O
,	O
Apache	B-Language
Lucene	I-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Language
Jackrabbit	I-Language
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
,	O
JUnit	B-Language
,	O
HSQLDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BNode	O
exposes	O
its	O
services	O
through	O
a	O
SOAP	B-Application
web-service	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Java	B-Language
Server	I-Language
Pages	I-Language
(	O
JSP	O
)	O
web-based	O
GUI	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
the	O
administrative	O
tasks	O
including	O
configuration	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
settings	O
,	O
security	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
interact	O
with	O
a	O
BNode	O
through	O
the	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Pillar	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Workspace	O
is	O
a	O
JSP	O
web	O
application	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Struts	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Network	O
,	O
allowing	O
to	O
search	O
and	O
browse	O
available	O
collections	O
of	O
digital	O
objects	O
,	O
group	O
objects	O
into	O
logical	O
collections	O
,	O
annotate	O
objects	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
import	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BRICKS	B-Application
Workspace	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
along	O
the	O
BNode	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BRICKS	B-Application
Desktop	O
is	O
an	O
Eclipse-RCP	O
application	O
providing	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
BNode	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
applications	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
BRICKS	B-Application
platform	O
exist	O
,	O
including	O
specific	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
Cultural	O
Heritage	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
