12 October 2011 Andrew Brown IMu Technology 2012 Australasian EMu Conference 11 September 2012 IMu Overview

IMu EMu is the electronic museum IMu is making data in EMu available on the Internet Conventional web pages for desktops Web publication for mobile devices Web-based applications for data capture Web services for many different applications It’s more than “web pages for EMu” But it definitely is part of EMu

What is IMu? A set of tools for accessing data within EMu Web pages Web plugins Web apps Web services Two core components: Server Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Web Pages Internet / Intranet interface to EMu collection Modern interface components (Web 2.0) Theme-able “My Museum” lists Cross-module searches Highly customisable interface

Web Plugins (“Widgets”) Components embedded within other web pages Can be used with Content Management Systems Not tied to specific CMSs Uses JavaScript for simple configuration

Web Plugins (“Widgets”) Many types of components Browse Search Display  List/Lightbox/Details  Map  Locator “My Museum” Device-aware To be released with IMu 2.0

Web apps Interfaces built for data capture Based around user login Can create tailored “mini-apps” aimed at specific tasks Just getting started

Web Services Standards-based OAI/PMH Generic Multimedia Bespoke Living Worlds Bristol M-Shed

How does it work? Access to EMu data provided by an IMu server IMu-based applications talk to the IMu server Web-based applications run on a web server

Server Runs within an EMu environment “Understands” EMu Secure Extensible Efficient Uses one or more EMu licences

APIs Provide low-level programmer access to IMu server Client/Server “Stateful” or stateless Anonymous or authenticated access Open source

How does it all fit together? EMu IMu APIs Web services PagesWidgetsApps Web Apps IMu Server