SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Center for Cultural InformaticsFoundation for Research and

Technology

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation and promotion of cultural

instances

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Basic featuresBasic features

XML technology

Multi layered architectures

Open source software

National and International standards

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Data organizationData organization

Flexible and varied data structure

semantically structured data model

dynamic exploitation of the data in cultural sites in the internet

translations of a document in more than one language

fully compatible with ISO 21127

best practices in data exchange

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Data organizationData organization

Museum instances

Monuments instances

Open sites and settlements instances

Multimedia entities (photos, designs, studies etc)

Bibliography entities

Evidence entity

Person entity

Organization entity

Department entity

Place entity

Material entity

Event entity

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Data organizationData organization

Document metadata

Object identification

Detailed documentation

Management

References

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Documentation Documentation ProceduresProcedures

generic workflow

basic user types

basic document operations

document status

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Basic document Basic document OperationsOperations

creation new document

creation new edition of a

document

editing process

viewing documents

application for publication

publication

publication reject

publication recall

deletion of a document

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Document StatusDocument Status

private documents

public documents

documents under publication

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

User typesUser types

System administrator

Organization administrator

Editor

Reader

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Work flowWork flow

New document

Creation

Private document

Under publication document

Publicdocument

Application for publication

Publication

Publicationrecall

Publicationreject

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Private space of

ΧS2

Web User InterfaceXS1

Web User InterfaceXS1

Web User Interface Cultural Site

Web User Interface Cultural Site

Private space of

ΧS1

Internet

Web User InterfaceOA

Web User InterfaceOA

Web User InterfaceXS2

Web User InterfaceXS2

Scientific databaseWeb User Interface

SAWeb User Interface

SA

Private documents

Private documents

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web server

database management server

Entities Public documents

Public space

System ArchitectureSystem Architecture

Data baseData base

System componentsSystem components

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Basic software componentsBasic software components

data base : eXist - native XML database

functional components : J2EE technology (java-servlets, jsp, web service)

user interface : internet browser, Java, Authentic

SYNTHESISAn information system for administration documentation

and promotion of cultural instances

Functional componentsFunctional components

Create and edit documents of cultural instances and entities

Navigate and retrieve documents of cultural instances and entities

Data migration

translation to 5 European languages

Associate documents of cultural instances and events