2. OVERVIEW
• Harmonisation and
aggregation
• Enterprise scale indexing
• Open Data interfaces
• Open, multi-sites, micro-
sites, pluggable portal
3. AGGREGATION
• Harmonised to common
interchange: SPECTRUM 3
• Transformedusing XSLT
upon upload for CALM,
HER, MODES, Adlib etc
4. DATA UPLIFT
• Partners are in control
• Own account
• Load and reload data at will
• Auto reindex; no delay
• Roundtrip mapping
5. INDEXING ENGINE
• Enterprise scale: Solr
• Internet Archive, CNET,
NASA, Smithsonian, PAS,
Culture Grid, Australian
Museums
• Distributed across 4 servers
6. CORE API
• Open Standards Search and
Retrieve. RSS, GeoRSS,
GeoJSON and AR responses
• Rate
limiting proxy API
management: open to all.
• Open Archives Initiative
Culture Grid / Europeana
approved and tested
7. PORTAL SERVER
• CollectionsPress: bespoke
Wordpress plugin
infrastructure
• One site, many micro-sites
• Exhibitions: real and virtual
• Bespoke builds with UGC
8. FACET BROWSE AND REFINE
• Like EBay, Amazon
• Refine by subject, place,
time, name and project
partner
• Sortby title, relevance, type
and image availability
9. SPECIALIST VIEWS
• Thesaurus
• Full Catalogue Tree
• SemanticGallery and
Slideshow
• Web Map Service,
Ordnance Survey,
MasterMap, Historic Maps
10. CONCLUSION
✓Proven with 52 partners, 2.1 million
records
✓Tested with Culture Grid, Europeana
✓Cutting edge: Layar and CollectionsVision
✓Future integration : Europeana Inside
