Omeka:Omeka: An Open-Source, Free Toolkit for Exhibiting Collections Online

http://chnm.gmu.edu

http://omeka.org

Core Features

• Open Source Technology: Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP

• Change design using themes

• Add functionality with plug-ins

• Unqualified Dublin Core Metadata

• 508 and WC3 standards/accessibility compliant

Extended Functionality

• Data Migration Tools

• Social Bookmarking

• Tagging

• RSS/Atom Feeds

• Geolocation

• User contribution form

• Favoriting and annotating items

Sites Built with OmekaMost Omeka sites fall into 4 categories:

• Archiving

• Exhibiting

• Collecting

• Teaching

Examples: http://omeka.org/showcase

Archiving

http://braceroarchive.org

Exhibiting

http://lincolnat200.org

Collecting

http://april16archive.org

Teaching

http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989

http//:omeka.org/codex/Documentation

http://omeka.org/codex/Screencasts

Exporting Content

• AtomOutput• OAI-PMH Repository• RSS2• Dublin Core RDF• JSON

Importing Content

• Dropbox Plugin• CSV Import Plugin• OAI-PMH Harvester

Under the Hood

• Runs on unix-based apache servers• PHP5, MySQL5, ImageMagick• Zend Framework, extended by Omeka's Core• Dublin Core Metadata

Theme Structure• /theme.ini• /about.php• /index.php• /404.php• /collections/• /common/• /items/• /images/• /css/• /javascripts/

Get involved

• Subscribe to the blog: http://omeka.org/blog/• Post to the Forums: http://omeka.org/forums/ • Join the Google Dev Group:

http://groups.google.com/group/omeka-dev• Sign up for SVN/Trac: http://omeka.org/trac/

Omeka Hosted Version

•If you do not have access to LAMP, CHNM offering hosted version in early 2010.