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IKHarvester Architecture

Below, there is a diagram that presents the architecture of IKHarvester. The components are described as well.

• IKHarvester The core of the system. It is responsible for integrating its two subcomponents:
  • Harvester - performs informal knowledge harvesting from SSIS
  • Provider - delivers informal knowledge stored in the repository in a form compatible with LOM standard
• Jericho HTML Parser is a Java library for web pages scraping/ It allows analysis and manipulation of parts of HTML documents, including some common server-side tags, while reproducing verbatim any unrecognized or invalid HTML. It is freeware, under GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
• Didaskon LOM - a component developed by the Didaskon team. Its goal is to manage data compatible with LOM standard; it allows creating and exporting to XML format Learning Objects Manifest which sufficiently describes learning material.
• Didaskon DB - a component developed by the Didaskon team. It provides the interface for connection with RDF storages. Consequently, informal knowledge can be saved to and retrieved from the repository. Informal Knowledge Repository RDF storage; it is Sesame repository. It contains triples describing the learning material.