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Backend Documentation

The Rednal backend is the curator's toolkit — handling image ingest, metadata management, OCR processing, search indexing, IIIF manifest generation, and API serving.

Documentation in Progress

This section is being written as part of Rednal's transition to open source. Detailed guides for each feature will be added progressively.

What's Covered​

This section will document the curatorial and administrative features of the platform:

  • Digital Asset Manager — Ingest, organize, and manage digital objects from capture to delivery
  • AI Metadata Extraction — Automated metadata extraction with curator review
  • Document Creation — Build multi-page documents, assign metadata, generate IIIF manifests
  • Lightboard — Visual review interface for evaluating and approving captures
  • Annotations — Rich media annotations on any canvas or canvas layer
  • OCR Zones — Define logical zones for multi-column layouts, marginalia, and reading order
  • Controlled Vocabularies — Standardized term lists for consistent cataloging
  • Nested Collections — Unlimited hierarchy mirroring archival structure
  • Non-Destructive Editing — Brightness, contrast, rotation, and cropping with full undo
  • Import & Export — Bulk ingest from external systems and export collections in multiple formats
  • Data Mapping — Configure field mappings between source schemas and Rednal's internal metadata model
  • Metadata Management — Controlled vocabularies, authority files, and validation rules for consistency across collections

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