collections management museums what’s new in emu? alex fell operations manager ke software uk

Collections Management Museums

What’s new in EMu?


Alex FellOperations Manager

KE Software UK



EMu releases in 2007 / 2008

• Two versions released: 3.2.03 – April 2007 3.2.04 – October 2007

• One scheduled release remaining for EMu 3.2: 3.2.05 – July 2008



Overview

• Image sub-system (ImageMagick) 3.2.03

• Image metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC) 3.2.03

• Audio/Video sub-system (DirectShow) 3.2.04

• Multimedia enhancements 3.2.03-04

• Multimedia component 3.2.04

• Auditing 3.2.04

• General enhancements 3.2.04-05



• Replaced image libraries with ImageMagick for image processing.• Support for about 90 image formats, including:

• Support for 8 bits and 16 bits per pixel images. • Superior resizing capabilities.• Ongoing development of libraries as new formats developed.

ImageMagick Libraries 3.2.03

▪ TGA

▪ BMP▪ CMYK▪ TIFF▪ PhotoCD

▪ PNG▪ JPEG 2000▪ JPEG▪ GIF



Image Metadata 3.2.03

• Extraction of image metadata: EXIF - Exchangeable Image File Format

(Version 2.2, April 2002). IPTC - International Press Telecommunications Council

(Version 4.1, July 1999). XMP - Extensible Metadata Platform

(Revision September 2005).• Metadata Profile Image Formats Supported

EXIF JPEG, TIFF

IPTC JPEG, TIFF, PICT, PS, PSD

XMP JPEG, TIFF



Add Resource Dialogue 3.2.03

• Drag and drop resources from Windows environment.



• Audio libraries replaced (DirectShow):

• Video libraries replaced (DirectShow):

• EMu detects installed codecs and makes them available.

Audio/Video Libraries 3.2.04

▪ WMA▪ WAV▪ SND

▪ MP3▪ MIDI▪ AU▪ AIFF

▪ WMV

▪ MPEG 2▪ MPEG 1▪ AVI▪ ASF



Multimedia Component 3.2.04

• Drop on component for any tab providing functionality of Multimedia tab.

• Allows “in context” multimedia links.



Audit Trails 3.2.04

• Set level of auditing required on per-module basis: change (insert/update/delete) search display login all

• Audit trail for each record listed in per-module Audit Tab.



Audit Module 3.2.04

• Audit Module provides access to audit trails.• Audit record contains:

Standard audit information Insert/Update/Delete

• List of field changes Search

• Texql statement executed Display

• Link to search• Reports provide audit listings.



Audit Services 3.2.04

• XML audit records generated.• Audit server extensible for other services.• Archiver service

Provides archiving of audit XML. Supports cleanup of archive files.

• Sync service Updates records where dependent data has changed. Monitors field changes for efficient synchronization. Replaces old esync load.



New Conservation Module 3.2.03

• Designed in conjunction with user base.• Backwards compatible with previous version.• Supports:

multiple objects per conservation event single object per conservation event

Field Help Data Dictionary 3.2.04

• Report to produce Data Dictionary listing.• “Hot Linked” Excel version available.



Archive Support 3.2.04

• EAD (Encoded Archival Description, Version 2002)• ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description,

Second edition). • Tree view of relationship between records.• Adjust relationship of current record within tree.• Add records to matching set (similar to parts).• Supports automatic folder re-numbering.



• Module interface to EMu Groups.• Support for:

Static groups Terms groups Query groups

• Listing of group records.• Direct manipulation of group.• Groups changed to use record level security:

Display allows user to view group Edit allows user to modify group Delete allows user to delete group

Groups Module 3.2.04



Auto-sort of Results 3.2.03

• Select a pre-defined sort to be executed when a search is performed.

• Can cancel sort at any time (e.g. large number of records).

OAI Web Service3.2.04

• Open Archives Initiative provider (Version 2).• Extension added for “texql” based set.• User defined sets.



Condition Check Update Tool 3.2.04

• Provides batch update of condition statements.• Similar functionality to:

Relocation tool Taxonomic Re-identification tool Revaluation tool

Edit Locking 3.2.04

• Displays name of user who is updating record.



Geo-referencing fields 3.2.05

• Common mapping co-ordinate fields across clients.• Designed in conjunction with user base.• Available in Sites and Collection Events modules.

Multilingual Support 3.2.05

• Alter order of data for multi-lingual clients dynamically.• Support for right-to-left languages.



Record roll-back 3.2.05

• Uses audit module from 3.2.04.• Allows any previous version of a record to be re-instated.

Multimedia drag-and-drop 3.2.05

• Drag and drop any media resource directly to multimedia tab• No need to open multimedia module• Multiple files

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