Monasterium.net Evolution of a Portal Daniel Jeller
Overview What is Monasterium.net Why is this interesting A short history Phase 1: Findbuch.net Phase 2: EditMOM Phase 3: MOM-CA Phase 4: MOM-CA 2.0 and onward Conclusion
What is Monasterium.net MOM Collaborative Archive Medieval Charters Scientific Community
Who is Monasterium.net Over documents Over 100 Archives 12 European Countries Free of charge
Why is this interesting 10 years continuous development Changes of focus and technology International project partners
A Short History Focus: Lower Austria Passive Archive Proprietary Database Increase in Scope: Central Europe Native Open Source XML Database GUI XML Editor as Java Applet Overhaul of Database structure Editor-Redesign using AJAX techniques 2012 Completely new features
Phase 1: Findbuch.net
Simple passive web presentation: Metadata and images Search function Cooperation with German company Augias-Data Proprietary database In 2005 approximately charters
Phase 2: EditMOM
XML data in CEI dialect Software development by the HKI / University of Cologne Open-Source native XML database eXist Online Editor for Metadata as a JAVA Applet
Phase 2: EditMOM
Problems Database structure design not optimised for the large number of documents JAVA applet too inconvenient for users and too difficult to maintain New features too hard to add
Phase 3: MOM-CA
Database structure Web interface EditMOM software From redesignIn 2011 re-release as MOM-CA 1.5 Same capabilities as previous versions
Phase 4: MOM-CA 2.0
Image tools Editor Annotate image sections Collect, compare and edit image sections Publish image collections
Conclusion Good planning might save time and effort Development changes necessities Continuous need for adaption Adaption brings new possibilities
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