iSpheres Project

iSpheres Project

• Project Overview

• iSpheresCore

• iSpheresImage• Demonstration

• References

iSpheres Project

• “ISpheres provide a distributed interoperable solution to serving a range of data - from images, sound, video and text to databases and GIS datasets.”

iSpheres Project

• “Any ISphere can search and retrieve data from any other ISphere (subject to authorisation) and present the results in an integrated list of resources, as well as serving data on-demand to client applications. Communication with an iSphere is through SOAP/XML. “

iSpheresProject

• SORRT Development test bed• Sustainable Object Repositories for Research and

Teaching

• Collaboration between:• Archeological Computing Labs• CIPHE – Center for Innovation in Professional

Health Education

• Funded by • APSR – Australian Partnership for Sustainable

Repositories

iSpheres Project

• Project work is maintained through sourceforge.net which provides: • Code and solutions available for download• CVS for version control iSpheres is an open source

solution

• Current versions of the software • iSpheresCore 0.1• iSpheresImage 0.1.2

iSpheres Project

• Funding by APSR

• OS independent solution comprising of 3 components:• iSpheresCore written in Java• JDBC, XML, xBase database environments

• Web Client written in PHP (iSpheresPHPClient)• (connectivity between Web interface and iSpheresCore

• iSpheresImage written in PHP • MySQL, XML, iSphereCore database environments

iSpheresCore - Overview

• Middleware solution which is able to • Transform multiple object types, images, movies,

audio, and complex metadata• Act as a backend for multiple front ends• Perform distributed searches • Plug into multiple databases and data stores such

as DSpace

• Provides connectivity to collections of objects and data for front ends like iSpheresImage.

iSpheresCore - Development

• Currently:• Distributed search• Image Transformations• MySQL Connectivity

• Development Priorities: • Authentication of collections to protect the content• Looking to work with MAMS (Meta Access Management

System) Shibboleth software.

• Connector to DSpace which will point to collections within DSpace

iSphereCore - Projects

• Projects implementing iSpheresCore include: • Wilson Museum • Collection of anatomy specimen images

• Oliver version 2 (veterinary science Image Bank)• Provide a backend to an e-Learning management tool.

• Pathology Museum• Slide collection containing microscopic images of cells.

• Each iSphereImage project will have an iSpheresCore setup

iSpheresImage Overview

• Web Application utilising• PHP and MySQL

• Provides end users a facility to • Manage large collections of Images and associated

metadata. • Manipulate and use images without affecting the

source image.

iSpheresImage - Overview

• Provides administers with the ability to

• Control accessibility • Manage metadata• Manage copyright and ownership control

iSpheresImage - Development

• Current features include:• Bulk import of images• Bulk import and update of metadata• Presentations created on the fly in HTML and Flash • GoogleMap linking images to location.

• Demo: ACL - Archimage

ISpheresImage - Development

• Recent improvements (still in beta)• Added new functions • Automated file updating, record duplication, and

added sorting options.• Improved accessibility

iSphereImage - Development

• iSpheresCore Connectivity • Merging in the existing PHP Client

• Improved usability • enhancing workflow through feedback

• Increase ease of customization

• Continue to incorporate functions into the main stream from client requests

iSphereImage Projects

• Archeology Computing Lab • Active and maintained

• Image Bank - Faculty of Architecture • Final Stages

• Ebot - School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science• Due February 2006

• Wilson Museum (anatomy museum)• Rolling out with iSpheresCore

• Pathology Museum

iSpheres and Related Links

• www.ispheres.org• Project Overview

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres/• iSpheresCore and iSpheresImage

• http://www.ispheres.org/ISphereDoc/• Online documentation for developers.

• http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/archimage/• Archeology Computing Labs iSpheres Image site.

iSpheres and Related Links

• www.dspace.org• DSpace digital repository home page

• http://www.melcoe.mq.edu.au/projects/MAMS/• MAMS Project Overview