iSpheresImage iSpheresImage Feature Overview and Progress Summary

iSpheresImage Welcome to iSpheresImage  Overview  Features  Current iSpheres  In Development

iSpheresImage 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

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

iSpheresImage Overview  Funding from TIF grants Pays for development costs  Open Source Publicly available at:  PHP v  MySQL v  Platform Independent

iSpheresImage 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.

iSpheresImage 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

iSpheresImage 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

iSpheresImage 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.

iSpheresImage 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

iSpheresImage Current Users  Department of Archaeology  Faculty of Architecture  Projects underway School of Biological Sciences Wilson Museum  Connecting iSpheresImage to iSpheresCore

iSpheresImage 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.

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

iSpheresImage More Information  Documentation: Developer documentation Site Map: mage_Site_Map.pdf Data Dictionary onary.pdf File Dependancieshttp://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheres Doc/File_Dependancies.pdf

iSpheresImage More information  General Links: Home Site: Sourceforge: Wiki: iki/index.php/ISpheresImage