1. Bernard Marshall Chief Technical Officer KE Software
EMu
(and beyond!)
Bernard Marshall Chief Technical Officer KE Software

2. Overview
EMu (11 May 2011)
EMu (Feb 2012)
And beyond

3. EMu

4. IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.03
New framework for EMu web development
Three tiered model
Extensible application server for middle tier (logic level)
Application server supports EMu object model (luts, security, etc.)
Supports record updates and insertions
Multiple client-side libraries:
PHP
Perl
.Net
Java
Supports searching across multiple modules

5. IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.03
Presentation Layer
Logic Layer
Data Layer
Web
Application
IMu
Library
IMu Application
Server
EMu Database
Server
Client-side library
User application
Object model
Object security
Business logic
Extensible
Data model
Data security

6. IMu Web Client 4.0.03 Internet/Intranet interface to EMu collection
Web 2.0 based components (e.g. auto-complete)
Theme-able client pages
MVC setup (XML -> XSLT -> HTML)
Collection List Management
Displays results from multiple modules
Customisable interface via XSLT

8. IMu Multimedia Service 4.0.03
HTTP based web service (can embed in web pages)
Extension to IMu application server to provide access to Multimedia Repository
Request dynamic generation of images with given format and size
Request metadata associated with media
Allow import of new images and update of existing images
Imported images have resolutions generated automatically (as per EMu client)

11. OAI Web Service
HTTP based web service implementing the OAI 2.0 protocol
Allows EMu to act as an OAI repository for OAI harvesters
Publish data (OAI set) from any module via TexQL statement
Provide Dublin Core metadata
Allows for other metadata formats (e.g. XMP, etc.)
Supports paging of result set

12. Support For Multiple Groups 4.0.03
A user may be registered in multiple groups
Only one group is active at any given time
Each open module is associated with a group
New modules are created in the active group
Mechanism provided to allow user to switch active group
Command Centre reflects access for the user’s active group
Security is based on the module’s group (e.g. RLS, column access, etc.)

14. Security – Certificates/Encryption 4.0.03
X509 Certificate based authentication at login
Encryption of all traffic between client and server (SSL/TLS v1.0)
Validation of server name in certificate with wildcard support
Support provided by TexAPI, TexJDBC and texapi.pm
Security can be optional or mandatory

15. Read-Only Client Support 4.0.03
Registry entry provides per module or system-wide setting for:
Read/write access
Read-only system (Registry, audit still writeable)
Complete read-only system
Read-Only control can be set on the following basis:
System
Group
User

16. Exhibition Objects
New module sitting between Catalogue and Events modules
Used to track per object information throughout the exhibition, including:
Installation information
Changeovers
Maintenance schedule
Section details (location in exhibition)
Records are created automatically when an object is added to an exhibition
Track status of object within exhibition (proposed, selected, etc.)
History of object use for exhibitions

20. Field Help Display 4.0.03 Displays the help text for the current field
Text configurable via Field Help module
“Look and Feel” changeable via CSS (emufh.css)
Help display area resizable

21. Schedule Internal Movements 4.0.03
Internal movement type added to Movements module
Internal Movements can be scheduled as though they are external movements
Objects may be relocated automatically when Date Moved updated
Useful for scheduling movements of objects between off-site storage facilities

23. Pest Management Modules 4.0.03
Two new modules added:
Traps - records information about the types and locations of traps used to capture pests
Trap Events - records information about what was found in a trap at a given date and time
A comprehensive set of reports provides graphical data about the prevalence of pests

27. Edit Multimedia Media
Start up registered editor on temporary copy of media file
Asked whether to re-import if media altered
Also checks for files with same name but different file extension
All resolutions regenerated
All metadata re-extracted

29. Attachment Shortcuts
Create a record in another module linked to current record
Selected or all objects added to created record
Used for:
Events -> Conservation, Events -> Loans
Loans -> Conservation, Loans -> Movements
Movements -> Conservation

30. ICS Support For Notifications 4.0.03
Notification system generates iCalendar (ics) of upcoming dates
File can be imported into:
Google Calendar  IBM Lotus Notes
Apple iCal  Microsoft Outlook
Upgrade Metadata Standards
Provide support for IPTC version 1.1 (July 2009)
Provide support for XMP December 2008 review

31. Reverse Scheduling Of Tasks 4.0.03
Completion and start dates of each task can be computed by specifying the overall completion date
Read-Only Records In List View
Read-only records/data displayed with black text on grey background

32. Link From Conservation To Movements 4.0.03
Associated Movement added to Conservation module
Movement -> Loan -> Event hierarchy auto filled

33. Drag And Drop On Archive Tab 4.0.03
Current record may be relocated by dragging to new parent
For user defined ordering:
asked for position relative to where record was dropped

35. Image Quality For JPEG
Image quality may be specified when resolutions generated manually
May also be specified for automatic resolutions
Number between 1 and 100 (100 = lossless)

36. emusecurity Run Automatically 4.0.03
New Audit filter monitors the following changes to Registry:
Addition of a new user
Deletion of an existing user
Changing the group(s) of an existing user
Altering security via the Security Registry entry
No need to run emusecurity when changes made to permissions

37. EMu

38. Supplementary Media
Associated electronic media may be stored in Multimedia record
For example:
A cropped version of master image for web use
An audio/video describing the creation of the media
A Word document about the media
Supplementary media operations supported:
Create from master  View
Import  Save
Edit  Print
Similar layout to Resolutions tab

39. Supplementary Media 4.0.04 Usage and Notes fields per media entry
File names of media preserved
Media may be imported/reported via Supplementary_tab column
Media stored in supplementary directory under master media
Media available in IMu via supplementary column in Multimedia module
Supplementary media is not for media important in its own right

41. Password Management 4.0.04 Change password from within EMu
Can be disabled via Registry entry

42. Password Management 4.0.04 Password management provides (Unix only):
Password ageing  Account locking
Force password change  Lock after failed retries
Valid password checks

43. Field Selection Improvements 4.0.04
Field selection uses a separate dialogue box (ala report field selection dialogue box)
Prompt or column name selection, with Tab name column (ala Find a Prompt dialogue box)
New mode to allow field selection from modules:
Click on field to select it
Follow attachments to linked modules
Selected fields in Properties dialogue to use same layout as field selection dialogue box
Shortcut to create New… resources (e.g. Report, List Setting)

46. Double click to add

47. Global Replace Improvements 4.0.04
Global Replace to work like other resources (e.g. Reports)
Global Replace patterns saved in Registry with security
Field selection improvements used to select field(s)
Ability to move data between fields
Run in “unattended” mode for large updates

49. System Maintenance Improvements 4.0.04
Remove need for Lookup List rebuilds
Overnight reindexing of tables only for those with a minimum number of changes
Parallel processing of reindexing
Only run full reindex on tables with sufficient deletions (weekly)
Dynamic adjustment of loadmemory for reindexing

50. IMu Mapper Support
Add extension to IMu application server to provide spatial data
Update client libraries with spatial API
Integrate mapping functionality into IMu web client
Allow results from web client search to be mapped

51. And Beyond

52. Communications Layer
Network service for sharing data across different institutions
A central data aggregator (portal):
Searches EMu based institutions
Searches external data sources (e.g. GBIF)
Ranks results and produces aggregated record
Provides results via RDF to EMu client
Notifies clients of record updates (EMu only)
Data results may be copied and/or linked into EMu record
Updates for linked data available
Non-local data highlighted

53. Presentation Layer Logic Layer Data Layer Web Browser EMu Source EMu
Client
Data
Browser
Data
Aggregator
EMu
Source
IMu Update
Service
Parallel searches
Merge results
Rank matches
Aggregate data
Notify changes
External
Source
Fetch and view matches
Copy/Link records/data
Update processing
Data model
Data security

54. Modify Image Metadata
Allow EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata to be updated in master image
Provide a Global Replace facility to update the same field over many records (e.g. update Copyright field on a set of records)
Allow metadata to be propagated to image resolutions
Allow resolution metadata to be modified independently of master image

55. Alerts Module Uses audit trail to monitor all changes to records
Module contains profiles that are matched against the audit stream
A profile match will trigger an alert
specified user(s)
SMS particular people
Create a log of the alert
Cause popup notification on user(s) machines
Call an arbitrary script to handle the event

56. Drag/Drop Media Via Drop Zone
Provide a drop zone on desktop for adding media to Multimedia Repository
Allow right-click context menu option to add media
Media ingestion to be handled by IMu Multimedia server
Addition of multiple media files per operation

57. Drag/Drop Multiple Documents
Extend client to allow multiple media files to be dropped into Multimedia Repository for ingestion
Allow multiple thumbnails to be selected and dragged to other media components

58. Other Bits And Pieces
Develop support for multiple search “tabs” in IMu web client
Extend IMu Mapper to allow multiple search results to be mapped simultaneously
Complete conversion of client controls to be Unicode aware
Complete support for Unicode in server