EMu 4 0 01 And The Future Andrew

EMu 4. 0. 01 (And The Future!) Andrew Brown Software Development Manager KE Software Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Overview • EMu 4. 0. 01 (24 July 2009) • EMu 4. 0. 02 • EMu 4. 0. 03 Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Statistics Module 4. 0. 01 • New module designed to hold calculated statistical values. • Simple record design comprising: § User-defined hierarchical key § Value (floating point number) § Date and Date Range § Time and Time Range • Pivot report used to interpret statistics stored. Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Statistics Module 4. 0. 01 • Automated tasks populate values hourly, daily, weekly and monthly. • System Administrators may add customised tasks. • Statistical values may be added manually. • Default statistics include: § Operation – Table – User (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) § Records – Table (Daily, Weekly) § Web – Operations (Daily, Weekly) § Logins – User (Monthly) § Sessions (Hourly) Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Common geo-referencing tab • • • 4. 0. 01 Common mapping co-ordinate fields across clients. Designed in conjunction with user base (NH-SIG). Implemented in Sites and Collection Events modules. Lat/Long conversion precision defined by user base (NH-SIG). Automatic centroid calculation. Common fields allows for easier data interchange. Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Record Recall 4. 0. 01 • • Applies changes to recall a record to an earlier version. Auditing module used to “rewind” data. User left in “Edit” mode to cancel or apply changes. Batch facility allows multiple records to be recalled to a given date and time. • New audit records created when recall applied. • da. Recall operational privilege required. • Registry entry available to force fields to be “skipped”: User|user|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column; … Group|group|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column; … Group|Default|Table|table|Recall Skip Columns|column; … Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Record Templates 4. 0. 01 • Create multiple copies of an existing record. • XML template description: § Allows fields and text to be copied into other fields. § Prompts user to enter a value for a field. § Provides support for incrementing fields. • XML: same format as used for Import and Report data. • Starting IRN can be supplied to reserve a batch of numbers. • Wizard used to guide user through creation process. • Report produced detailing records created. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Record Templates 4. 0. 01 • Multiple templates can be created, with security used to limit user access. • New operational privilege, da. Templates, required to create Record Templates. • Useful for: § Creation of parts records from a parent record. § Creation of preparation records for a specimen record. § Reserving a block of IRNs or Registration Numbers. Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Groups Module 4. 0. 01 • Groups module extended to include: § Task management § Multimedia attachments § Notes • Administration fields added: § Description § Purpose § Status • Tailored tabs and reports for Static, Query and Terms groups. Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 XML Import pre-processing 4. 0. 01 • • • Extends Import tool to allow restructure of input XML. XSLT used to transform XML. Processed XML can be imported or saved in a file. Wizard used to walk through transformation process. XSLT file can be: § Local file § Pre-defined (stored on server) Import Input XML XSLT Import XML Save to file Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Common Taxonomy tabs 4. 0. 01 • Improved support for distinction between ICBN and ICZN. • Four new nomenclature tabs: § Legitimacy - records legitimate / illegitimate names (ICBN) § Availability - records available / unavailable names (ICZN) § Validity - records valid / accepted name of a taxon (ICBN / ICZN) • New tab displaying taxonomic hierarchy. • Link to parent taxon. Collections Management Museums

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EMu 4. 0 Hierarchy Tree View 4. 0. 01 • Show parent/child relationship as a tree view. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Copy Special 4. 0. 01 • Specify delimiter to use between rows in a table. • Specify paragraph delimiter. • Allows pasting into Excel without “□” character. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Image Display 4. 0. 01 • Extended to allow images for empty/non-empty fields: User|user|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image; audio; hint Group|group|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image; audio; hint Group|Default|Table|table|Image Display|column|NULL|image; audio; hint • Use of NULL and NOT NULL value. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Image Resolution 4. 0. 01 • Allows image resolution (dpi) to be stored in generated images: System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Set|Property|format|Resolution|x: y System|Setting|Multimedia|Metadata|Set|Property|format|Resolution Unit|unit • Images can be displayed using Crystal Reports Picture Object. Image Quality 4. 0. 01 • Specify the percentage image quality retained for derived images with lossy formats. • Default of 100% implies no loss of quality. • Quality value specified in Resolutions Registry entry. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 System Identification 4. 0. 01 • User name and service added to Status bar. • Useful when running multiple services (e. g. test vs live). Exact match Lookup List 4. 0. 01 • Data entered must match Lookup List entry exactly: User|user|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true Group|group|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true Group|Default|Table|table|Lookup Exact|column|true Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Font Selection 4. 0. 01 • User can select font used within EMu. • Full support for “Big Fonts”. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 Multimedia components upgrade 4. 0. 01 • Upgrade of audio/video components complete. • Full support for Microsoft Direct. Show filters (avi, mp 3, mpeg, wmv, etc. ). Crystal upgrade 4. 0. 01 • Crystal Report viewer upgraded to Version XI Release 2. • Support for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0 System Tuning 4. 0. 01 • Range indexes tuned monthly: § Data examined to provide optimal range searching. • Search indexes tuned weekly: § Indexing information kept on a per record basis. § Information used to generate a configuration based on the actual data distribution rather than an “averaged” distribution. § Results in smaller indexes without loss of speed. Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0. 02 • Append values to lists when using Import tool: § Support for XML and CSV updates. • New References tab for Conservation module: § Discussion on EMu. Users. org. • Support for right to left languages (e. g. Arabic). Collections Management Museums

EMu 4. 0. 03 • Modifying metadata in images: § Support for EXIF, IPTC and XMP. • Drag and drop multiple documents. • Drag and drop zone to add to Multimedia Repository. • Multimedia web service. Collections Management Museums