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EMu New Developments

EMu New Developments. Ian Turnbull Chief Operating Officer KE Software. EMu releases. Policy of frequent releases. Customers select releases based on features they require. Released: 3.1.01 – Feb 2006 3.1.02 – Apr 2006 3.2.01 – Jun 2006 3.2.02 – Sep 2006 3.2.03 – Mar 2007 Upcoming:

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EMu New Developments

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  1. EMuNew Developments Ian TurnbullChief Operating OfficerKE Software

  2. EMu releases • Policy of frequent releases. • Customers select releases based on features they require. • Released: • 3.1.01 – Feb 2006 • 3.1.02 – Apr 2006 • 3.2.01 – Jun 2006 • 3.2.02 – Sep 2006 • 3.2.03 – Mar 2007 • Upcoming: • 3.2.04 – Jun 2007 • 3.3.01 – later in 2007

  3. Resources 3.1.01 • Allows web searches to be launched based on data in current record. • Resources defined in Registry, with Resource menu built dynamically. • Simple XML based language used to define resource. • Resource can be any document type (e.g. Word document).

  4. New Index Types 3.1.01 • Index support for ISNULL and NOT ISNULL searching(that is !* and * queries). • Index support for leading letter pattern searches(that is a*, abc{a-e}*, ^ab?, etc.). • New Admin Task to view current indexing information. • Registry entries used to configure indexing: System|Setting|Table|table|Stem Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Phonetic Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Null Index|colname;colname;...System|Setting|Table|table|Partial Index|colname=parts;colname=parts;...

  5. Page View 3.1.01 • Fully customizable record display view. • Any XSLT based report can be used. • Access to data fields controlled by field/record security. • Support for simple HTML documents. • Support for complex XSLT templates. • View integrated into standard EMu environment.

  6. Copy/Paste from List Mode 3.1.01 • Current or selected rows copied to Windows clipboard. • Various formats supported: • BIFF (Excel) • HTML • CSV • Text • Copy limited only by amount of PC’s memory.

  7. Record Level Security 3.1.01 • Provides security on a per record basis for: • Display • Edit • Delete • Can use any fields to form part of security (e.g. Department). • Security can be set for users, groups or everyone. • Require daSecurity privilege to change security settings. • [restricted] displayed for “hidden” records, empty for reports. • Security built into server, so enforced for all access. • To edit a record operational Edit (daEdit) and Record Edit privileges required.

  8. Help System 3.1.02 • Help converted from HTML to Windows CHM format. • Help restructured to present consistent view. • Administration section added. • FAQ section added. • Context sensitive help for all commands and dialogs. • Extensive EMu Registry settings section. • Field level help module.

  9. Data Import Facility 3.2.01 • Import data in Tab delimited, CSV or XML format. • Replicates the interactive insertion mechanism: • Default values added • Uniqueness checks performed • Unique number assignment • Mandatory fields checked • Auto fill applied • Any special on-save processing executed • Requires daImport privilege in addition to normal Insertion/Edit permissions.

  10. Data Import Facility 3.2.01 • Wizard to guide you through the import process. • Record creation and update supported. • Multimedia can be imported with resolutions generated. • Record attachment supported for references: • Create new record • Use first match • Ask which match to use • Generate an error • Import report and error file produced as output. • Batch identifier can be assigned to records imported. • XML import uses same format as EMu XML Report.

  11. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <table> <!-- First record --> <tuple> <atom name="MulTitle">An image of a house.</atom> <atom name="MulDescription">A classic 1950's design. Needs a coat of paint.</atom> <table name="MulCreator_tab"> <tuple> <atom>John Smith</atom> </tuple> <tuple> <atom>Bill Wilson</atom> </tuple> </table> <atom name="Multimedia">C:\Images\House Image.jpg</atom> </tuple> <!-- Second record --> <tuple> <atom name="MulTitle">A 1950's Car!</atom> <atom name="Multimedia">C:\Images\Car 1950.jpg</atom> </tuple> </table>

  12. HTML mark-up for Narratives 3.2.02 • Narratives module supports HTML mark-up. • Integrated HTML editor with support for external editors. • Only “body” part of mark-up stored in module. • Formatting allows for greater control over narrative layout. • Text only narratives still supported.

  13. Batch update tools • Tools to allow batch updates of related data: • Relocation tool 3.1.01 • Taxonomic re-identification tool 3.1.01 • Revaluation tool 3.2.02 • Condition check tool 3.2.04

  14. Image resolution for Reports 3.2.02 • Set image resolution to use for reports with multimedia. • Reduces network traffic when generating reports. • Allows high resolution master images to be hidden.

  15. Web Services Integration 3.2.02 • Standard Web Services structure added to EMu. • Web-based support for: • Object Locator • Web maps • DiGIR (Distributed Generic Information Retrieval) • Portal • Client-based support for: • Object Locator • Web maps

  16. New Image Libraries 3.2.03 • Replaced image libraries with ImageMagick for image processing. • ImageMagick Open Source image libraries, developing and well supported. • Supports over 100 different image formats. • Support for 8 bits and 16 bits per pixel images. • Support for RGB/CMYK Colour Space. • Faster and more accurate image resizing. • Fuller set of image properties. • Dynamically loaded by EMu (MAGICK_HOME).

  17. Multimedia User Interface changes 3.2.03 • Replaced Add Media dialogue box with Windows Explorer based dialog box. Added Add URL and Add Reference dialogue boxes. • Drag and Drop files and URL’s into Multimedia module. • Resizing of media viewer. • Resolutions tab: MD5 checksums, Colour Space (RGB, CMYK), Image Type (Mono, Greyscale, True Colour, Palette), Image Resolution (Pixels per Inch), Colour Depth, Colours. • Characteristics tab: Automatic extraction of master image properties for Width, Height, MD5 Checksum, File Size, Image Resolution (PPI), Colour Depth • New image, video, audio components.

  18. EMu Registry – Image Formats 3.2.03 • EMu queries ImageMagick to determine image coders installed. All coders with a Windows MIME type of “image” are made available. • Standard image formats supported: • BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, JP2, DCX, PCX, PNG, TGA, PCS, TIF, TIFF • Registry entries used to add/remove image coders: System|Setting|Multimedia|Images|Include|type;type;...System|Setting|Multimedia|Images|Exclude|type;type;... System|Setting|Multimedia|Images|Include|ps;epsSystem|Setting|Multimedia|Images|Exclude|dcx;pcx

  19. EMu Registry – Video Formats 3.2.03 • EMu queries Windows to determine video drivers installed. All installed drivers are made available. • Standard video formats supported: • ASF, ASX, AVI, M1V, M2V, MOD, MP2, MP2V, MPA, MPE, MPEG, MPG, MPv2, WM, WMV, WMX, WVX • Registry entries used to limit video drivers available: System|Setting|Multimedia|Video|Exclude|type;type;... System|Setting|Multimedia|Video|Exclude|asf;wm

  20. EMu Registry – Audio Formats 3.2.03 • EMu queries Windows to determine audio drivers installed. All installed drivers are made available. • Standard audio formats supported: • AIF, AIFC, AIFF, AU, M3U, MID, MP3, RMI, SND, WAV, WAX, WMA • Registry entries used to limit audio drivers available: System|Setting|Multimedia|Audio|Exclude|type;type;... System|Setting|Multimedia|Audio|Exclude|mp3

  21. Image Metadata 3.2.03 • Support for Image metadata formats: • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) [JPEG, TIFF] • IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) [JPEG, TIFF, PICT, PS, PSD] • XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) [JPEG, TIFF] • New “Metadata” tab in Multimedia Repository for extracted information. • Extraction of EXIF, IPTC and XMP properties for insertion into empty Multimedia module fields. EMu Registry entries control what properties are extracted. • Embedding of EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata in derivatives. EMu Registry entries control what properties are embedded.

  22. EMu Registry – Extract Metadata 3.2.03 • Metadata to be extracted from master image and placed into columns in the Multimedia module. • Default is that no metadata is extracted. Extracted data is only added if column is empty. • Registry entries used to extract metadata: System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Extract|type|colname|tag;... System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Extract|Exif|MulTitle|1:270System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Extract|IPTC|DetSubject_tab|2:25System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Extract|XMP|MulCreator_tab|http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/:creator

  23. EMu Registry – Embed Metadata 3.2.03 • Metadata to embed in derived resolutions from master image. • Default is that no metadata is embedded. • Registry entries used to embed metadata: System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Embed|type|format|tag;... System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Embed|EXIF|Default|2:36867System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Embed|IPTC|JPEG|All;-2:10System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Embed|XMP|200:200:JPEG|http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/:;-http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/:OrientationSystem|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Embed|XMP|90:90:JPEG|None

  24. Multimedia Update/generate tools 3.2.03 • Multimedia update tool extracts metadata and characteristic values from master image and updates values in record. Column extraction is not performed. • Multimedia generate tool embeds metadata in derived images as per registry settings.

  25. Revised Conservation Module 3.2.03 • Implementation of recommendations of customer working group co-ordinated through emuusers.org. • Fully backwards compatible with previous Conservation module. All data in existing module is preserved in the new version. • Administrators can choose limit certain Groups/Users to one-to-one relationships between Conservation and Catalogue. • Upgrading customers can select to use old or new Conservation tabs or combination of both.

  26. Automatic Sorting after Search 3.2.03 • Users can select a sort criteria to be run once a search completes. • Sort commences immediately after query completes and can be cancelled if desired.

  27. EMu releases • Released: • 3.1.01 – Feb 2006 • 3.1.02 – Apr 2006 • 3.2.01 – Jun 2006 • 3.2.02 – Sep 2006 • 3.2.03 – Mar 2007 • Upcoming: • 3.2.04 – Jun 2007 • 3.3.01 – later in 2007

  28. Mini-Multimedia Components 3.2.04 • New components that implement the standard Multimedia tab functionality. • At design time can be dropped on tabs to provide context based image/video/audio support. • Link to multimedia via a separate set of multimedia reference columns. • Full resize support.

  29. Georeferencing Information 3.2.04 • Proposal for georeferencing changes emerging from EMu Natural History Users SIG and coordinated via emuusers.org. • Definition of core set of fields for capturing georeferencing information. • EMu engine adjustment to accommodate recommendations for precision retention when converting between Latitude or Longitude Degrees/Minutes/Seconds and Decimal (and vice-versa).

  30. Other Enhancements 3.2.04 • Condition check update tool. • For multiple language customers the ability to change language order “on the fly”. • New module for administration of static and dynamic record Groups. • Standard reports for Field Help module that allow easy export of the full EMu schema. • JDBC driver to provide live access to EMu tables.

  31. Unicode 3.3.01 • Support for most known character sets. • Replace Windows client-side control set with UTF-16 compatible controls. • Upgrade EMu server-side engine to provide UTF-8 support. abcd áçèîö άβγζпрстуהוזחטقليص

  32. Possible Future Enhancements • Upgrade “look and feel” to Windows Vista. • Ability for a user to change login groups “on the fly”. • Allow data updates via Shortcut facility. • Implementation of emerging standards (ABCD, Z39.87, etc.). • More Web Services interfaces (OAI, etc.). • Enhance query optimiser to provide faster cross-module searching.

  33. EMuNew Developments Ian TurnbullChief Operating OfficerKE Software

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