About
TheBox project is an Open Source aggregatation, transformation, indexing and distribution platform for semi-structured metadata. It is ideal to build modular and lightweight Web centric data services which require to aggregate, manage and correlate information in a dynamic workflow.
Possible usage scenarios:
- personalization and customization
- syndication platforms
- FreeBase alike systems
- fast prototyping development data platforms
- metadata quality and life-cycle management
- linked data search and browsing platforms
Architecture
TheBox consists of several components:
- Messaging and Control
- Collection
- Normalization and Harmonization
- Validation
- Revision Control and Versioning
- Indexing
- Search
- Aggregation
- Caching
Here is an overview picture of TheBox architure: