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'''''This System Design description is still undergoing some restructuring and are continuosly being added information about the design. Design directly concerned with coding guidelines are described as guidelines.'''''

This document only describe design of the !NetarchiveSuite software, i.e. it does not describe how to install, run, or use !NetarchiveSuite, for that look to the [[Installation Manual 3.8|Installation Manual]] and the [[User Manual 3.8|User Manual]].

It firstly gives section gives an overview, while the rest of the document gives more details.

The reader is expected to be familiar with Java programming and have an understanding of the core issues involved in large-scale web harvesting. Having used Heritrix before is a definite plus, and an elementary understanding of SQL databases is required for some parts.

The code is available in the downloaded package (see [[Release Overview]]) or from our [[https://gforge.statsbiblioteket.dk/scm/?group_id=7|subversion repository]].