1. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 1 iSpheresImage Feature Overview and Progress Summary

2. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 2 Welcome to iSpheresImage  Overview  Features  Current iSpheres  In Development

3. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 3 Overview  To manage the storage, organisation, and publication of large collections of Images and associated metadata for multiple users.  iSpheres addresses for images: Customisation and bulk management of Metadata Publishing, privacy and copyright issues Creation of images, for presentations, publications and other software

4. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 4 Overview  Connect multiple digital repositories via iSpheresCore Access to multiple digital repositories including:  image & video collections  eLearning systems  Publications etc..

5. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 5 Overview  Funding from TIF grants Pays for development costs  Open Source Publicly available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres  PHP v4.3.11  MySQL v3.23.58  Platform Independent

6. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 6 Features – Image Management  Add, remove images owned by you.  Edit metadata on your images  Administrators can customize the metadata (more later)  Share images between users  Publish images publicly on the internet.

7. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 7 Features – Image Management  Bulk import of image files Add large collections of images in folders automatically to the database.  Create Image Albums to Help manage sub collections Create slide shows in  Flash  Html Generate images to specific sizes Link locations to GoogleMap

8. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 8 Features – Metadata Management  Customise your own metadata using Database and Configuration file  Bulk Metadata Management using XML allows users: Insert new images and associated metadata Update existing records

9. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 9 Features - Copyright  Manages Copyright. Automatically adds either the global predefined copyright or an images specific copyright message to the generated image file. Allows administers/owners to maintain control on publication of images denoting which are public, for internal use only or private to a specific individual.

10. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 10 Other Features  File indexing Images can be renamed or moved, system finds them through checksums  Image caching Allows for faster image retrieval during searches Faster download times

11. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 11 Current Users  Department of Archaeology  Faculty of Architecture  Projects underway School of Biological Sciences Wilson Museum  Connecting iSpheresImage to iSpheresCore

12. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 12 In Development  Connectivity to ISpheresCore is due soon. This will allow for communication between multiple iSpheresImage collections.  Expanding the way Metadata is handled to allow for connection to collections with minimal configuration.

13. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 13 In Development  Other New Features: Record Duplications New functions for the Flash Slideshow More user focused changes based on feedback from current users.

14. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 14 More Information  Documentation: Developer documentation http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/ http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/ Site Map: http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/iSpheresI mage_Site_Map.pdf Data Dictionary http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/Data_dicti onary.pdf File Dependancieshttp://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheres Doc/File_Dependancies.pdf

15. iSpheresImage - www.ispheres.org 15 More information  General Links: Home Site: http://www.ispheres.org/ Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres Wiki: http://c093.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/mediaw iki/index.php/ISpheresImage