<s>
Kitodo	B-Application
(	O
Abbr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
of	O
key	O
to	O
digital	O
objects	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
suite	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
mass	O
digitization	O
projects	O
for	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
implements	O
international	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
METS	B-Language
,	O
MODS	O
and	O
other	O
formats	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kitodo	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
several	O
independent	O
modules	O
serving	O
different	O
purposes	O
such	O
as	O
controlling	O
the	O
digitization	O
workflow	O
,	O
enriching	O
descriptive	O
and	O
structural	O
metadata	O
,	O
and	O
presenting	O
the	O
results	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
a	O
modern	O
and	O
convenient	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kitodo	B-Application
contains	O
the	O
two	O
main	O
modules	O
Kitodo.Presentation	O
and	O
Kitodo.Production	O
and	O
the	O
following	O
properties	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Platform-independence	O
:	O
Kitodo	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
application	I-Application
and	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
as	O
partners	O
in	O
digitisation	O
of	O
a	O
customer	O
are	O
often	O
distributed	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Components	O
for	O
the	O
distributed	O
workflow	O
management	B-General_Concept
are	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
management	B-General_Concept
of	O
a	O
distributed	O
communication	O
and	O
production	O
among	O
various	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
Kitodo	B-Application
was	O
known	O
as	O
Goobi	B-Application
(	O
Abbreviation	O
of	O
Göttingen	O
online-objects	O
binaries	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
workflow	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
exists	O
in	O
two	O
different	O
forks	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Goobi	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Goobi	B-Application
community	O
edition	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Kitodo	B-Application
,	O
is	O
cooperatively	O
maintained	O
by	O
major	O
German	O
libraries	O
and	O
digitization	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
the	O
Intranda	O
edition	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kitodo	B-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
at	O
least	O
8	O
German	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
Goobi	B-Application
association	O
Goobi	B-Application
Digitalisieren	O
im	O
Verein	O
e	O
.	O
V	O
.	O
decided	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
Kitodo	B-Application
to	O
avoid	O
legal	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
old	O
name	O
Goobi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
