structuring

Librarianship, Information & Museum Studies

Software/programming languages used:

Omeka

Discipline:

Platform:

Specifications:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Dublin Core

ATOM

Powerpoint Document (.ppt)

JSON

RSS2

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Tags:

web content management

Alternate tool(s):

DSpace

Strategy and project management:

General project management

Licence:

GNU General Public License

lifecycleStage:

creation

By Valentina Asciutti at Fri, 07/10/2011 - 15:03

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tool: PostgreSQL

Purpose:

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system.

Features:

• fully ACID compliant
• full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures (in multiple languages)
• includes most SQL 2008 data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and TIMESTAMP
• supports storage of binary large objects, including pictures, sounds, or video
• multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC)
• Highly customisable

A&H use case 1 description:

The “Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)” has used PostgreSQL to store the geographically-located historical statistics for Great Britain.

Creator:

Michael Stonebraker

Publisher:

PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Data capture:

Specifications:

PHP

Suite:

Software/programming languages used:

PostgreSQL

Tags:

database

query language

Alternate tool(s):

FileMaker, MySQL, SQLite, Firebird

Licence:

PostgreSQL License

lifecycleStage:

Platform:

By Valentina Asciutti at Thu, 17/06/2010 - 10:44

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tool: Oracle Database

Purpose:

Oracle Database is a relational database management system (RDBMS).

Features:

• Supports symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
• Stores data logically in the form of tablespaces and physically in the form of datafiles
• Transportable tablespaces
• Advanced Queuing (AQ)
• 64-bit database
• Data Mining Option

A&H use case 1 description:

The “Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)” project has used Oracle Database to store all the geographically-located historical statistics for Great Britain.

Creator:

Software Development Laboratories (SDL)

Publisher:

Oracle Corporation

Data analysis:

Data mining

Specifications:

Software/programming languages used:

Oracle Database

Suite:

Oracle

Data capture:

EndNote Library File (.enl)

Alternate tool(s):

Firebird, Ingres

Tags:

Licence:

lifecycleStage:

Platform:

By Valentina Asciutti at Thu, 17/06/2010 - 10:25

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tool: EndNote

Purpose:

EndNote is a reference management software tool used to organise references, images and PDFs in any language. References may be added manually or by importing from EndNote to instantly create bibliographies and figure lists.

Features:

A list of over 3,700 reference styles
Automatic formatting of citations based on user's criteria
Reference adjustment capabilities to match journal formats
EndNote library exports for efficient selection of multiple citations
Plain text, HTML, XML or Rich Text Format
Cite While You Write tool appears in Microsoft Word's Tools menu
Ability to search library catalogues and export from databases from within the programme
Networking capabilities with files residing on a central server
EndNote Web version enables portability of data

A&H use case 1 description:

The project created a database of images showing abnormalities in modern and ancient horse bones to further understand of the origins and evolution of horse husbandry.

Creator:

Thomson Reuters

Specifications:

EndNote Data (.data)

MySQL files (.myi .myd)

Data publishing and dissemination:

Desktop publishing and pre-press

Data analysis:

Collating

Collocating

Software/programming languages used:

Endnote

lifecycleStage:

reference management software

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Tags:

bibliography

citations

referencing

Alternate tool(s):

Reference Manager, Zotero, Mendeley

Strategy and project management:

Platform:

Licence:

By danafarra at Thu, 10/06/2010 - 14:27

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tool: Autodesk 3ds Max

Purpose:

Autodesk 3ds Max (formerly 3D Studio MAX) is an open source graphics software tool used by video game developers, motion picture studios and architectural visualisers for modelling and animation projects. One of the most advanced 3D modelling tools in the industry, 3ds Max has been utilised by many CGI-animated films such as Avatar and 2012 to generate computer graphics alongside live acting.

Features:

Create parametric and organic objects with polygonal and freeform tools
Character Studio enables life-like virtual character animation
Scene Explorer provides hierarchical views of complex scene data and analysis
Wide range of creative textures, planar mapping and layering options
MAXScript built-in scripting language automates repetitive tasks and assists with new tool and interface development
Multiple user collaborations
Customisable and intutive user interface

A&H use case 1 description:

The project created a highly detailed 3D computer reconstruction of the site of the Theatre of Pompey, linked to its extensive textual, photographic, and graphic documentation.

A&H use case 2 description:

The project used 3ds Max to produce life-size 3D models of Greek and Roman comedy and tragedy masks from their original miniatures.

A&H use case 3 description:

The project used traditional 3D modelling to reconstruct architect Labrouste's bridge, which was used in a pilot cinematic investigation digitally exploring architectural history.

Creator:

Autodesk Inc

Practice-led research:

Animation

3d graphic design

3d modelling - interactive

Data structuring and enhancement:

Animation

lifecycleStage:

creation

Autodesk Drawing eXchange Format (DXF)

Data publishing and dissemination:

Tags:

Alternate tool(s):

Maya, Poser, Blender

Software/programming languages used:

Platform:

Licence:

Specifications:

Maya binary (.mb)

Maya ASCII (.ma)

Maya IFF (.iff)

Alias StudioTools (.wire)

OpenFlight (.flt)

Wavefront (.obj)

RenderMan (.rib)

RealTime Game format (.rtg)

Game Exchange 2 (.ge2)

STEP (.stp .step .ste)

IGES (.igs .iges)

VRML (.vrm .vrml)

By danafarra at Wed, 09/06/2010 - 17:11

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tool: Google Docs

Purpose:

Google Docs is a free, web-based service provided by Google for word processing and the creation of spreadsheets, presentations, forms and drawings. The cloud-computing application allows users to create, edit, upload, share and store data online in a variety of file formats similar to any office suite.

Features:

Shared folders and multiple file uploads with an individual file storage limit of 1GB.
Allows multiple users to create and update live documents in collaboration.
Translation and detection of up to 40 languages online and offline as well as dictionary definitions.
Supported on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and mobile browsers.
Available in 48 languages.
Automatic saving of open documents with revision history.
Insertion and editing of mathematical equations and symbols in documents.
Snap-to grid guides for automatic object alignment.
A choice of 70 themes to add colour to surveys and questionnaires created with forms.
Improved find-and-replace toolbar.
Strict and lenient levels of validation in spreadsheets for controlled project collaboration.
New version will include a chat function as well as drag-and-drop columns and editable formula bars in spreadsheets.

A&H use case 1 description:

The project provides free MP3 streaming and downloadable recordings of performances by British and Irish musicians made between 1900 and 1950, accessible through an online search interface. Around 2000 recordings from King's College archives were digitised and made accessible alongside almost 3000 digitised recordings from the CHARM project (Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music).

Creator:

Google Inc

Data capture:

Textual interaction (asynchronous)

Communication and collaboration:

Specifications:

Portable Document Format (PDF)

XML

HTML

Excel Document (.xsl)

Powerpoint Document (.ppt)

Rich Text Format (RT)

Image Documents (.jpg) (.gif) (.png) (.tiff) (.bmp) Open Office

Word Document (.doc)

lifecycleStage:

creation

JavaScript enabled browser

Data publishing and dissemination:

Collaborative publishing

Alternate tool(s):

Buzzword, Zoho, ThinkFree

Tags:

Platform:

Licence:

Free

Software/programming languages used:

Google Docs

By danafarra at Tue, 08/06/2010 - 11:33

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tool: EATS

Purpose:

The Entity Authority Tool Set (EATS) is a web application for recording, editing, using and displaying authority information about entities. It is designed to allow multiple authorities to each maintain their own independent data, while operating on a common base so that information about the same entity is all in one place.

EATS also comes with client tools for automatically looking up entities in a text by name and adding appropriate TEI markup.

Features:

* A web API for importing and exporting entity data
* Robust searching with support for variant name forms
* Support for exporting entity data in a variety of formats

A&H use case 1 description:

The Gascon Rolls Project uses EATS to record entity information and aid markup of the TEI XML as part of automatically creating indices of people and places.

Creator:

Jamie Norrish

Publisher:

Jamie Norrish

Communication and collaboration:

Data publishing and dissemination:

Data capture:

Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) XML

Specifications:

Python

Django

lifecycleStage:

GNU General Public License

Data structuring and enhancement:

Record linkages

Alternate tool(s):

There are no direct alternatives, but Virtual International Authority File (http://viaf.org/) matches and links authority files across national libraries.

Tags:

Software/programming languages used:

EATS

Platform:

Python

Licence:

By ctupman at Mon, 07/06/2010 - 14:00

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tool: ArcExplorer

Purpose:

ArcExplorer is a custom mapping tool that can be used in a web browser. ArcExplorer allows you to perform a range of basic GIS functions such as display, query and retrieve data.

Features:

• Display and query a variety of standard data sources including ESRI shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages Images, ArcIMS services
• Pan and zoom through multiple layers and identify, locate, and query geographic and attribute data.
• Symbolize data based on attributes contained in the data layers to create thematic maps.
• Perform basic spatial analysis tasks on the geographic data
• Freely distributable data

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcExplorer was used in the Montréal l'avenir du passé (MAP) project to create a historical GIS research infrastructure for mapping the city of Montréal.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Software/programming languages used:

ArcExplorer

Data capture:

Use of existing digital data

Specifications:

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

JPEG

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

Bitmap (BMP)

Java

Communication and collaboration:

Graphical interaction (asynchronous)

Suite:

ESRI Explorer

Discipline:

Archaeology

Classics and Ancient History

History

Data analysis:

Spatial data analysis

Data publishing and dissemination:

Web browser scripting

Tags:

GIS

geography

Geospatial computing

Geospatial technology

Strategy and project management:

Documentation

Practice-led research:

2d illustration

3d modelling - interactive

Alternate tool(s):

ArcGIS Explorer, worldKit, GeoCommons

Data structuring and enhancement:

2d modelling - raster

2d modelling - vector

Geo-referencing and projection

Licence:

Freeware

Platform:

lifecycleStage:

analysis

GPS and total station surveys

By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:41

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tool: ERDAS Imagine

Purpose:

ERDAS Imagine is a suite of geospatial authoring software. The suite contains a raster graphics editor and remote sensing application that performs advanced remote sensing analysis and spatial modelling to create new information. ERDAS IMAGINE can also visualize results in 2D, 3D, movies, and on cartographic quality map compositions.

Features:

• Image Analysis, Remote Sensing & GIS
• Parallel Batch Processing
• Spatial Modeling
• High Performance Mosaicking Engine in IMAGINE Advantage
• Expanded Change Detection Tools (with Zonal Change Detection)
• ERDAS ER Mapper Algorithms
• Converts over 190 Image Formats to all Major File Formats, including GeoTIFF, NITF, CADRG, JPEG, JPEG2000, ECW and MrSID
• Implements Comprehensive OGC Web Processing Service (WPS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Mapping Service (WMS) and Catalog Services for the Web (CS-W)

A&H use case 1 description:

The North Sea Palaeolandscapes project used ERDAS Imagine to analyse 3D seismic datasets acquired on the United Kingdom continental shelf and explore Late Quaternary and Holocene geology over the area of the Southern North Sea.

Publisher:

Earth Resource Data Analysis System (ERDAS)

Creator:

Earth Resource Data Analysis System (ERDAS)

Software/programming languages used:

ERDAS Imagine

Data capture:

Remote sensing

Specifications:

Javascript

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

JPEG

Java

Ajax frameworks

J2EE

Erdas Macro Language (EML)

Communication and collaboration:

Video-based interaction (asynchronous)

Suite:

ERDAS Imagine

Discipline:

Archaeology

Classics and Ancient History

Data analysis:

Data publishing and dissemination:

Desktop publishing and pre-press

Tags:

GIS

Remote sensing

Geospatial technology

Raster image

multispectral images

Strategy and project management:

Documentation

Human factors analysis

Practice-led research:

2d illustration

3d modelling - interactive

Alternate tool(s):

SPRING, Virtual Terrain Project (VTP),

Data structuring and enhancement:

2d modelling - raster

2d modelling - vector

Animation

Geo-referencing and projection

Licence:

commercial

Platform:

GPS and total station surveys

lifecycleStage:

By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:22

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tool: ArcGIS

Purpose:

ArcGIS is a suite of software that comprises of Desktop GIS, Server GIS, Mobile GIS, and Online GIS. ArcGIS is a platform for building a complete geographic information system (GIS) that lets you easily create, edit, and analyse geographic knowledge on the desktop; publish data, maps, globes and models to a GIS server and/or share them online; and use them on the desktop, on the Web, or in the field.

Features:

• View and query maps
• Manipulate shapefiles and geodatabases
• Data manipulation, editing and analysis
• Mobile device enabled

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Mapping Medieval Chester project to integrate geographical and literary mappings of the medieval city using cartographic and textual sources and using these to understand more how urban landscapes in the Middle Ages were interpreted and navigated by local inhabitants.

A&H use case 2 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project to investigate the relationship between people and their environment, from the Neolithic period to the present day on the island of Cyprus. ArcGIS was used to gather, analyse and map geomorphological data.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Data capture:

Geophysical survey

Specifications: