Slides from the MCN 2012 TAP Workshop

1. Creating Mobile Experiences with
TourML and TAP
Kyle Jaebker
Application Development Manager kjaebker@imamuseum.org
Indianapolis Museum of Art @kjaebker
Charles Moad
Acting CIO; Director IMA Lab cmoad@imamuseum.org
Indianapolis Museum of Art @cmoad
Gray Bowman
Application Developer gbowman@imamuseum.org
Indianapolis Museum of Art @latenightwgray

2. AGENDA
• Getting to know TAP and TourML
• Getting up and running
• Authoring content
• Deploying: web app
• Deploying: iOS app
• Q&A

3. What do you want out of today’s workshop?

4. • 2 year IMLS National Leadership Grant
• A collaboration of Museums, Vendors, and Content Experts
1. Create open-source tools that can be used in full or in
pieces to support the creation of mobile experiences in
museums
2. Build community support and adoption of the TourML
metadata specification as a means of representing the
content of mobile museum experiences
3. Successfully use these tools and methods to launch and
document mobile experiences in each of the partner
museums
Goals of the TAP & TourML Project

5. http://www.TAPintoMuseums.org

6. “Never create something you can’t reuse” - @rjstein

7. Application
Content Layer
Layer
Authoring
Layer
Building blocks of TAP

8. TAP: Authoring Layer

9. TAP: Application Layer

10. TAP: Application Layer

11. TAP: Application Layer

12. TAP: Application Layer

14. iOS Application
• Completely Re-Factored
• Using iOS data stores
• Load content from
endpoint or bundle
• Translated interface
components
• iOS 6 and iPhone 5 ready

15. Other Implementations
• Android App built by iWayTours
• In Google Play store

16. TourML
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/ˈt /

17. Images
Video
Audio
Objects
Web Pages
Location
Text
TourML: Assets

18. A collection of
assets experienced
together
Flickr:emagine6
TourML: Stops

19. Flickr: alles-schlumpf
The relationships between stops
TourML: Connections

20.  TourSet
 Tour
 TourMetadata
 Asset
 Stop
 Connection
TourML: Content Layer

21. Tour
Stop
Asset
Asset Reference
TourML: A specification for mobile tour content

22. Tour
Stop Stop
Asset Asset
Connection
Asset Reference
TourML: A specification for mobile tour content

23. Tour
Stop
Stop
Stop
Stop Stop
Asset Asset Asset Asset
Connection
Asset Reference
TourML: A specification for mobile tour content… or story
structure generally.

24. TourSet
TourML: Content Layer

25. TourML: Validation Tools

32. Questions?

33. To the walkthrough…
Sandbox Information:
http://mcn2012.tapintomuseums.org
http://ima.tc/tapfiles

34. Installation

35. Drush

36. Retrieve Make File

37. Drush Make

38. Standard Profile

39. Enable TAP Modules