# Invenio > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Invenio > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Invenio.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invenio > Source revision: 1343128641 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Digital library software}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox software | name = Invenio | title = Invenio | logo = Invenio.png | author = [CERN](/source/CERN) | developer = [CERN](/source/CERN) and external contributors | released = {{Start date and age|2006|06|30|df=yes}} | latest release version = {{Wikidata|property|reference|P348}} | latest release date = {{Start date and age|{{Wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}} | programming language = [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)), [JavaScript](/source/JavaScript) | operating system = [Unix-like](/source/Unix-like), [macOS](/source/macOS) | language = [Multi-lingual](/source/Multi-lingual) | genre = [Institutional repository](/source/Institutional_repository), [digital library](/source/digital_library), [digital asset management](/source/digital_asset_management) (DA), research [data management](/source/data_management), [integrated library system](/source/integrated_library_system) | license = [MIT](/source/MIT_License) | website = {{URL|inveniosoftware.org}} }} '''Invenio''' is a [software framework](/source/software_framework) for large-scale digital repositories that provides the tools for managing [digital asset](/source/digital_asset)s in an [institutional repository](/source/institutional_repository) and research [data management](/source/data_management) systems. The software is typically used for open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content and as a [digital library](/source/digital_library).{{Cite web |author1= |date=2016–2025 |url=https://inveniosoftware.org/showcase |title=Invenio instances around the world |access-date=20 May 2025}}{{cite web |author1= |date= |url=https://www.tind.io/ |title=TIND: Reimagining Library Technology |website=TIND.io |access-date=20 May 2025}} It is [free and open source software](/source/free_and_open_source_software) released under an [MIT License](/source/MIT_License). Invenio is initially developed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research ([CERN](/source/CERN)) with both individual and organisational external contributors and is freely available for download.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} ==History== Before 1 July 2006, the package was named CDSware, then renamed CDS Invenio,{{cite news |author1= |date=30 June 2006 |url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/inveniosoftware/invenio/v0.90.0/RELEASE-NOTES |title=CDS Invenio v0.90.0 is released |publisher=CERN Document Server Software Consortium |website=[GitHub](/source/GitHub) |access-date=21 May 2025}} and now known simply as Invenio.{{cite web |author1= |date=2016–2025 |url=https://inveniosoftware.org/ |title=Invenio: Powering Open Science |publisher=CERN Document Server Software Consortium |website=Invenio Software |access-date=21 May 2025}} ==Standards== {{sources|section|date=March 2024}} Invenio complies with standards such as the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol ([OAI-PMH](/source/OAI-PMH)) and uses JSON/JSONSchema as its underlying bibliographic format.{{cite web |url=https://inveniosoftware.org/#features |title=Features |website=Invenio software |access-date=7 June 2018}} ==Support== The service provider TIND Technologies, an official CERN spin-off based in [Norway](/source/Norway), offers Invenio via a software-as-a-service model.{{cite news |last1=Purcell |first1=Andrew |date=2 November 2015 |url=https://cds.cern.ch/journal/CERNBulletin/2015/46/News%20Articles/2062869?ln=en |title=A spin-off company helps unlock the full potential of Invenio software |work=CERN Bulletin |issue=45–46/2015 |access-date=20 May 2025}} TIND presents itself as focused on library technologies. Variants of Invenio are offered by TIND for library services as TIND ILS, DA, IR and RDM{{cite web |first1=Matt |last1=Enis |date=2017-06-01 |title=Academic Libraries Implement New ILS, IR Developed by CERN |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=academic-libraries-implement-new-ils-ir-developed-by-cern |website=Library Journal |access-date=2019-10-10}} under a [fully hosted](/source/software_as_a_service) and [open-core model](/source/open-core_model).{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} ==Users== Invenio is used outside of its original home within CERN, including [SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory](/source/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory), [Fermilab](/source/Fermilab), and the [École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne](/source/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne). [SPIRES](/source/SPIRES) migrated to Invenio in October 2011 with the [INSPIRE-HEP](/source/INSPIRE-HEP) site, a joint effort of [CERN](/source/CERN), [DESY](/source/DESY), [SLAC](/source/SLAC) and [FNAL](/source/FNAL).{{cite journal|last1=Rezendes Khirallah |first1=Diane |title=Physicists, start your searches: Inspire database now online |journal=Symmetry: Dimensions of Particle Physics|date=24 May 2012 |url=http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2012/05/24/physicists-start-your-searches-inspire-database-now-online}} In 2014, the package was chosen to be the digital library software of all national universities in the western Africa regional economic community [UEMOA](/source/West_African_Economic_and_Monetary_Union) which includes eight countries: [Benin](/source/Benin), [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso), [Côte d'Ivoire](/source/C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire), [Guinea-Bissau](/source/Guinea-Bissau), [Mali](/source/Mali), [Niger](/source/Niger), [Senegal](/source/Senegal), [Togo](/source/Togo).{{cite news |date=14 April 2014 |title=A virtual library for 8 UEMOA countries under discussion in Dakar |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/dakar/about-this-office/single-view/news/a_virtual_library_for_8_uemoa_countries_under_discussion_in_dakar/ |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=10 March 2015}} The research data repository [Zenodo](/source/Zenodo) at [CERN](/source/CERN) is basically run under Invenio v3, wrapped by a small extra layer of code that is also named ''Zenodo''.{{Cite web |publisher=MS |website=Git hub |url=https://github.com/Zenodo/zenodo |title=Zenodo |date=12 May 2021}} To simplify reuse of the Zenodo codebase, several institutions have joined in 2019 to distribute an institution-agnostic package under the name of InvenioRDM.{{cite web |access-date=2019-10-10 |title=InvenioRDM: a turn-key open source research data management platform |url=https://invenio-software.org/blog/2019-04-29-rdm/ |website=Invenio software |date=2019-04-29}} The [German Federal Archives](/source/German_Federal_Archives) (Bundesarchiv) use Invenio for its record keeping software.{{cite web |author1=|date= |url=https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/invenio/ |title=Welcome to invenio, the research application of the Federal Archives [Bundesarchiv] |language=de}} ==See also== {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} * [Digital repository](/source/Digital_repository), library * [Institutional repository](/source/Institutional_repository) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|invenio-software.org}} * {{GitHub|inveniosoftware|Invenio digital repository framework}} * [https://inveniosoftware.org/#features Short description about some of the features of Invenio] * [http://tind.io Service provider for Invenio support, installation, training, etc] {{DEFAULTSORT:Invenio}} Category:Digital library software Category:Free institutional repository software Category:Free software programmed in Python Category:CERN software Category:Software using the MIT license --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Invenio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invenio) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invenio?action=history)). 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