Collections Management Museums

EMu 4.0

EMu 4.0.02

(And where to from there!)

Alex Fell

Operations Manager

KE Software (UK)

Collections Management Museums

EMu 4.0

Overview

• EMu 4.0.02 (June 2010)• EMu 4.0.03• And beyond

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IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.02

• New framework for EMu web development• Three tiered model• Extensible application server for middle tier (logic level)• Application server supports EMu object model (luts, security, etc.)• Supports record updates and insertions• Multiple client side libraries:

PHP Perl .Net Java

• Supports searching across multiple modules

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IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.02

Presentation Layer Logic Layer Data Layer

EMu DatabaseServer

IMu ApplicationServer

WebApplication

IMuLibrary

• Client side library• User application

• Object model• Object security• Business logic• Extensible

• Data model• Data security

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IMu Web Client 4.0.02

• Internet/Intranet interface to EMu collection• Web 2.0 based components (e.g. auto-complete)• Theme-able client pages• MVC setup (XML -> XSLT -> HTML)• Collection List Management• Displays results from multiple modules• Customisable interface via XSLT

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Scheduled Export Facility 4.0.02

• Schedule export of data on a periodic basis (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly, etc.)

• Specify TexQL condition to restrict records exported• Default output is XML (same format as report data)• Filter may be used to translate the XML into required output

format (e.g. CSV)• Select fields to export and optionally select a sort order• Exported data placed into “logs” by default, although filters may

email or transfer output

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Scheduled Export Facility 4.0.02

• Export may be run from client on matching records• Agreement module contains detailed information about an

export type• Schedule module contains an audit trail of all exports executed

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Updating Data With Import Facility 4.0.02

• Record update extended to allow: appending (+, 2+, row=‘+’, row=‘2+’) prepending (-, 2-, row=‘-’, row=‘2-’) replacing (2=, row=‘2=’)

of data in tables and nested tables• Ability to “group” columns so appended data is added to the

same row for all columns (group=“name”)• Support for XML and CSV imports• Improved loading time for CSV imports

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<table table=“ecatalogue> <tuple> <atom name=“irn”>125</atom <table name=“CreSubject_tab> <tuple row=“+”> <atom>House</atom> </tuple> <tuple row=“+”> <atom>Mountains</atom> </tuple> </table> ...

...<table name=“CreCreatorRef_tab”> <tuple row=“+” group=“creator”> <atom name=“NamFullName”>Jack Jones</atom> <table name=“CreRole_tab”> <tuple row=“+” group=“creator”> <atom>Artist</atom> </tuple> </table> </tuple></table>...

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Support For RTL Languages 4.0.02

• Complete overhaul of support for RTL languages• Added client support for Hebrew• New Arabic translations• HTML editor component upgraded to support LTR/RTL

languages

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ArcExplorer Report Viewer 4.0.02

• Free lightweight GIS viewer (ESRI)• Design a report of type “Arc Explorer” and select Lat/Long fields• Extra data fields may be used for point data• Support for layers (e.g. rainfall, boundaries)• Can define layers and map to use for report• Pan/Zoom support

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Hierarchy Tree View 4.0.02

• Show parent/child relationship as a tree view• Useful for Narratives and Taxonomy

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Support For Alpha Channel 4.0.02

• Image resolution generation now supports images with an Alpha (transparency) channel

Image Quality 4.0.02

• Specify the percentage image quality retained for derived images with lossy formats

• Default of 100% implies no loss of quality• Quality value specified in Resolutions Registry entry

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New “References” Tab For Conservation4.0.02• Discussed on EMuUsers.org• Allows Bibliographic references to be stored in Conservation

records along with local citation information

User’s Group In Status Bar 4.0.02

• Display group name of current user in Status Bar• Useful for users who need to be in more than one group (using

different user names)

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EMu 4.0.03

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Modify Image Metadata 4.0.03

• Allow EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata to be updated in master image

• Provide a global replace facility to update the same field over many records (e.g. update Copyright field on a set of records)

• Allow metadata to be propagated to image resolutions• Allow resolution metadata to be modified independently of

master image

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Upgrade Metadata Standards 4.0.03

• Provide support for IPTC version 1.1 (July 2009)• Provide support for XMP December 2008 review

Read-only Client Support 4.0.03

• Registry entry to provide per module or system wide setting for: Read/write access Read-only system (Registry, audit still writeable) Complete read-only system

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IMu Multimedia Service 4.0.03

• Extension to IMu application server to provide access to Multimedia Repository media

• Request dynamic generation of images with given format and size

• Request metadata associated with media• Allow import of new images and update of existing images• Imported images to have resolutions generated automatically

(as per EMu client)

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Support For Multiple Groups 4.0.03

• A user may be listed in multiple groups• Only one group is active at any given time• Mechanism provided to allow user to switch between

permissible groups• System to alter access reflecting group change (e.g. Command

Centre, RLS, Column Access, etc.)

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Drag/Drop Media Via Drop Zone 4.0.03

• Provide a drop zone on desktop for adding media to Multimedia Repository

• Allow “right click” context menu option to add media• Media ingestion to be handled by IMu Multimedia server• Addition of multiple media files per operation

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Drag/Drop Multiple Documents 4.0.03

• Extend client to allow multiple media files to be dropped into Multimedia Repository for ingestion

• Allow multiple thumbnails to be selected and dragged to other media components

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Update Windows Client Icons 4.0.03

• Replace existing client icons with a new set providing consistent colours and images

• Update client to provide XP / Vista / Windows7 type themes

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IMu Mapper Support 4.0.03

• Add extension to IMu application server to provide spatial data• Update client libraries with spatial API• Integrate mapping functionality into IMu web client• Allow results from web client search to be mapped

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And Beyond

• Develop support for multiple search “tabs” in IMu web client• Extend IMu Mapper to allow multiple search results to be

mapped simultaneously• Complete conversion of client controls to be Unicode aware• Complete support for Unicode in server