1. Monasterium.net Evolution of a Portal Daniel Jeller

2. 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

3. What is Monasterium.net MOM Collaborative Archive Medieval Charters Scientific Community

4. Who is Monasterium.net Over 200.000 documents Over 100 Archives 12 European Countries Free of charge

5. Why is this interesting 10 years continuous development Changes of focus and technology International project partners

6. A Short History 2002-2005 Focus: Lower Austria Passive Archive Proprietary Database 2005-2008 Increase in Scope: Central Europe Native Open Source XML Database GUI XML Editor as Java Applet 2008-2011 Overhaul of Database structure Editor-Redesign using AJAX techniques 2012 Completely new features

7. Phase 1: Findbuch.net

8. Simple passive web presentation: Metadata and images Search function Cooperation with German company Augias-Data Proprietary database In 2005 approximately 20.000 charters

9. Phase 2: EditMOM

10. 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

11. Phase 2: EditMOM

12. 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

13. Phase 3: MOM-CA

14. Database structure Web interface EditMOM software From 2008-2011 redesignIn 2011 re-release as MOM-CA 1.5 Same capabilities as previous versions

15. Phase 4: MOM-CA 2.0

16. Image tools Editor Annotate image sections Collect, compare and edit image sections Publish image collections

17. Conclusion Good planning might save time and effort Development changes necessities Continuous need for adaption Adaption brings new possibilities

18. Questions www.monasterium.net www.icar.us.eu