Description
The National Transportation Library (NTL) is conducting market research for a repository system to manage and provide public access to its digital collections. The NTL seeks to identify commercial products that can fulfill its needs for an integrated digital repository system. The repository platform must be configured to meet NTL requirements for metadata, security, storage, and publishing. Key features and functionality for NTL's requirements include integrated cataloging workspace and public search interface, bi-directional APIs, robust reporting functionality, self-service submission portal, and more.
• The solution must support interoperability, flexibility, and be compatible with industry standards.
• The solution must integrate with other applications and have features supporting discoverability, public access, accessibility, and machine-readability for open transportation research outputs.
• The repository must function as a holistic platform to collect, describe, organize, manage, preserve, and disseminate USDOT information products.
• The solution must support NTL's cataloging interface requirements for creating and maintaining metadata records and authority files.
• The solution must support federal Public Access and Open Data requirements.