Documentation of a web archive for research data: entries such as data sets, samples, publications or instruments, with configurable fields, JSON metadata, #tags, links, a sample → measurement lineage and any number of attached files. One installation can run several independent archive instances.

For users

User guide: concepts, entries, files, search, AI access.

For administrators

Administrator guide: architecture, installation of an own archive, configuration, operation, security.

Reference

REST API: commands for scripts and lab automation
MCP server: read-only access for AI applications (Claude, ChatGPT, OpenCode, Cursor, ...)
Data model: database tables and file store

Examples

File	Content
`examples/archive.conf`	configuration of one instance with typical entry types
`examples/secrets.conf`	template for passwords and salt
`examples/schema.sql`	database structure and initial data
`examples/apache/`	virtual hosts, URL routing, Let's Encrypt challenges
`examples/php/90-archive.ini`	PHP settings
`examples/cron.d/archive`	nightly full text indexing (`/etc/cron.d/archive`)
`examples/logrotate.d/archive`	rotation of the application logs (`/etc/logrotate.d/archive`)

Technology

PHP 8 with Apache (mod_php), MariaDB, optional LDAP login. Third-party components: Parsedown, Dropzone, jQuery, jQuery json-viewer (MIT licensed), Symfony HtmlSanitizer (MIT).

The application source code is not part of this repository.