Syriaca.org is a digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history. All publications and software created by Syriaca.org are made available online in a free and open format using the Creative Commons licenses.

The Syriaca.org web app features:

• HTML Record view
• Search
• Browse
• Facets
• Maps
• Timelines

• [Projects using the Syriaca.org code base](#Projects using the Syriaca.org code base)
• [Technical Requirements](#Technical Requirements)
• [Deploy Syriaca.org codebase] (#Deploy Syriaca.org codebase)

• Linked Open Gazetteer of the Andean Region [LOGAR] http://logarandes.org/geo/about.html
• Syriac Corpus - In processes
• E-Gedsh - In process

• eXist-db 2.2 + http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html
• Java 7 or 8 (eXist-db requires: Java 7 or 8)

• In the Terminal, type “brew cask install exist-db”

• Go to http://exist-db.org/exist/apps/homepage/index.html
• Click on “Stable Release”
• Download the .jar file under “Downloads”
• Click “next” on everything

• See eXist-db Quick start instructions: http://www.exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/quickstart.xml

Clone or fork the Syriaca.org git repository (https://github.com/srophe/srophe-eXist-app). For more information on forking a repository see: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/

In your Github app cd into the srophe-app folder and just type “ant”. Build will be named according to the version number in the expath-pkg.xml file of the folder you’re in.

Build the srophe-app-data (https://github.com/srophe/srophe-app-data) package the same way.

• Open eXist.
• Navigate to the eXist dashboard
• ex: http://localhost:8080/exist/apps/dashboard/index.html
• Click on Package Manager.
• Make sure the following libraries are installed before deploying the srophe-eXist-app (If not they can be installed vial the package manger, using the 'available libraries/repositories filter'):
  • eXist-db Shared apps: [http://exist-db.org:8098/exist/apps/public-repo/packages/shared.html]
  • JSON Parser and Serializer for XQuery .1.6 + : [https://github.com/joewiz/xqjson]
  • Functx Library: [http://exist-db.org:8098/exist/apps/public-repo/packages/functx.html]
  • Packages can be deployed via the eXistdb dashboard.
• Click the blue-gray button in top-left corner to upload your app.
• Upload the latest .xar package for both srophe-app-data and srophe-eXist-app repos. (In the “build” folder of each one.)
• Install data app
• Install srophe-eXist-app
• Go to http://localhost:8080/exist/apps/srophe/index.html in your web browser. This is the homepage for the srophe app on your local computer.