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    Tamboti is an application for working with metadata based on the MODS standard.

    The MODS standard can be used to catalogue books, articles and other traditional library materials, as well as images, videos, web sites, and other "new" materials.

    Tamboti is similar in most respects to the public interface (OPAC) of the library systems used by national and university libraries. It can handle records in the millions.

    Tamboti makes it possible to annotate records with metadata relating to language, script and transcription, important for use in multi-lingual contexts.

    Tamboti makes it possible for users to catalogue materials through a form-based interface.


    Tamboti is based on the eXist Native XML database. As eXist itself, Tamboti is open source and free. Tamboti can be installed in a way similar to installing an app on a mobile phone. The eXist database system can be installed with a standard application installer.


    Tamboti has a number of special features:

    • Users can log in using an Active Directory, common in many large organisations.
    • Users have fine-grained control over who can view and edit the records they create.
    • Users can collaborate within groups to work collectively on a collection of records.
    • Users can upload PDFs and other binary materials. The text and metadata of these are extracted and searchable.
    • Users and user groups are able to easily create a distinctive layout for their own collection, with its own internet address.

    Please follow the Tamboti Walkthrough to get acquainted with functionalities of Tamboti.

    In Tamboti, there are a number of special collections which you can access by clicking on the links below.

    There are at present the following collections in Tamboti:

    • EAST (Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet)
      • This growing collection gathers records on Epistemology and Argumentation in South Asia and Tibet, which are integrated into the comprehensive resource EAST, created by the team in Buddhist Studies at the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" together with international cooperation partners.
    • Cluster Publications
    • Wissenschaftssprache Chinesisch
      • This growing database consists of records on the distribution and transformation of Euro-American knowledge in late imperial China, gathering bibliographical as well as biographical and terminological data. The collection was started in 1996 in Göttingen, and is currently enlarged by the team in Intellectual History at the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" together with international cooperation partners.
      • The project has its own theme in Tamboti with project information.

    Our collections on visual materials are for the time being hosted on another server. Please access them through the following links:

    You can also access these collections by clicking the Folder View icon and double-clicking on the respective folders.