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Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
IMu
New EMu Web Developments
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Evolution, not Revolution
• texhtmlserver / texhtml• texxmlserver / Web Objects• “Web 5”• New EMu Internet System: “IMu”
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
New Features
• Themes • Cross-module searching/results• Dynamic pages: “Web 2.0”• User “audit trails”• Standard “shopping cart” facilities
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Technology – What’s Going On?
Actually quite a lot…• IMu Server• Web-server APIs• Theming• Interactivity
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EMu Web Development
“IMu Server”
• Same role as texxmlserver• Embedded within EMu environment• Extensible via perl modules – you can add your own
functionality Basic cross-module searching Shopping cart interface Admin tool
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EMu Web Development
Web Server APIs
• Set of APIs PHP .Net Java Perl Other
• Used to build web services e.g. Multimedia web service
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EMu Web Development
Theming
• Web server code generates XML• XSLT to process XML• Separation of content from presentation logic• Can be run off web-server or by browser
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EMu Web Development
Interactivity
• Browser-based code Javascript / jQuery Flash Silverlight
• Provides: Background searching (AJAX) Markup of content (Subject links) Visual effects (scrolling etc.)
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EMu Web Development
texserver
EMu Client
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver
texhtml
Browser
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver
texhtml Web Objects
Browser
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver
texhtml Web Objects “Web 5”
Browser
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EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver “IMu Server”
texhtml Web Objects “Web 5” PHP
Browser
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver “IMu Server”
texhtml Web Objects “Web 5” PHP .Net Java Perl …
Browser
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver “IMu Server”
texhtml Web Objects “Web 5” PHP .Net Java Perl …
Browser
XSLT
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
texserver
texhtmlserver texxmlserver “IMu Server”
texhtml Web Objects “Web 5” PHP .Net Java Perl …
Browser
XSLT
Javascript etc.
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
How can we use this?
• Build more dynamic web sites• Build sites with different themes for different users:
Target sites to specific audiences Mobile devices (iPhone) Visually impaired
• Build sites that do more than query single EMu module Cross-module searching allows you to publish what you
need from whatever modules you need Other tools such as Admin tool
• Build web services
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Summary
• EMu’s web capability continues to evolve• “IMu” is a significant addition to the existing web tools
More functionality More dynamic web sites More flexibility in how you use it
• It’s not hard to get EMu data out onto the web and you now have more options than ever