ARK2

This page details the progress on development of ARK 2.0

Aims

The primary aims of ARK2 are:

• Full code re-write to modern standards using modern components
• Separate the ARK Database backend from the ARK Web frontend
• Implement a modern RESTful API to allow other frontends and apps to access and update the ARK Database
• Simplify the setup and configuration of ARK by moving the config into the database and providing online config tools
• Improve the overall performance and data integrity of ARK
• Make it possible to provide an ARK hosting service

Modern frontend

• HTML5
• Bootstrap 3 based
• Twig templates
• Front Controller model
• Config driven pages views

Modern backend

• Full REST API to access and update all ARK data
• Database abstraction and Object Relational Mapping
• Config driven data schema
• Controlled Vocabularies
• User Authentication via internal user/password and external OAuth2 providers (Facebook, Google, etc)
• User Authorisation via Role Based Access Control (RBAC) using hierarchical Roles and Permissions structure
• Field-level data access control
• Data Workflows in conjunction with User Authorisation control

Documentation

Details of ARK2 can be found in the following sections:

• Design - High Level Design Decisions
• Technical - Technical details, Development tools and procedures
• Install - Installation Instructions
• Architecture - System Architecture
• Database - Database / ORM details
• Cache - Cache details
• Model - Data model / Schema
• Spatial - Spatial data
• Vocabulary - Controlled Vocabularies
• File Management - File, Image, and other Media Management
• Localization - Internationalization, Localization, and Translation
• Security - Security, Authentication, Authorisation, User Management
• API - REST API implementation
• Frontend - Web Frontend
• Templates - Using Twig for the Web Frontend
• Console - Admin Consoles
• Admin - Admin Frontend
• Branding - Branding of the ARK Project, Products, and Service