FACES

1. Software Solutions Kristina Büchner and Bastien Saquet General Overview • Software solutions are e-science web applications based on the eSciDoc infrastructure. Solutions are mainly about using and re-using scientific data. This will be realized through: • Data retrieval and data enrichment (metadata management) • Collaborative online working environment • Data persistence • Versioning • Persistent identifier (PID) • Interoperability • Following Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) recommendations • Defining DCMI Abstract Model (DCAM) and Description Set Profile (DSP) PilotInstitute Pilot Instance Configuration Pilot Data Application Profile Research Scenario requires MPDL Generic Solution generalizes Specific Solution Feedback • Software Usage • Open source project • Code source accessible and documented • Usage of Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) • MPDL support • Consultancy for installation (application profile, configuration) • Improvement and special features implementation Institute A Configuration Instance A Data A extends Application Profile • Development Approach • The software is first developed in cooperation with one institute to serve a specific research scenario based on a particular data set and then is extended to cover a larger scope of scientific scenarios. • An instance is a working version of the generic solution, configured for one specific data set. • The generic solution is extendable (“extended solution”) to add new specific features. Institute B Configuration Instance B Extended Solution Data B Application Profile NewFeatures Figure 1: Development approach of a software solution FACES ViRR (Virtueller Raum Reichsrecht) Solution for Management of Image Collections FACES provides an advanced tool for researchers to store, manage, enrich, share, and publish collections of scientific image data. Solution for Management of Digitized Text Resources VIRR is a virtual research platform for the digital preservation, enhancement and dissemination of cultural heritage content like images and texts. • Main Functionalities • Browse collection and albums • Detailed viewing of an image • Advanced metadata search • Album (subset of images) management • Create, edit, publish, and withdraw an album • Add and remove pictures • Main Functionalities • Browse collection and textual entities • Detailed viewing of single pages • Online editing workspace for structural content • Create, edit, and publish table of contents for each textual entity • Build logical combination between scans and structural elements • Generate original pagination • Enrich structural elements with descriptive metadata • Edit and publish bibliographic metadata • On the fly METS export to the DFG Viewer (http://dfg-viewer.de) • Export of an album • Metadata formats: xml, csv • Image formats: thumbnail, web resolution, original • Usage statistics Figure 3: Details of one image of the Diamonds collection Figure 2: Browse within the Diamonds collection Figure 7: Browsing the VIRR collection Figure 4: Search within the FACES collection Figure 9: Editing environment (left-side: paginator, right side: table of content with descriptive metatdata of the selected structured element). Figure 8: Details of a textual entity Figure 6: Album with images of the FACES collection Figure 5: Statistics - number of executed log-ins • Upcoming Functionalities • Advanced search within all metadata • Compilation and export of images (as jpgs or within one pdf) • Integration of Digilib (enhanced viewing environment: zoom, navigate, etc.) • Integration and storage of transcriptions • Linkage of ViRR to other relevant online resources (e.g. OPAC of the institute) • Content enrichment via annotations • Upcoming Functionalities • Metadata editor with validation service • Ingestion of images • Sharing of albums • Configurable user interface • Notepad management • Integration of Digilib (enhanced viewing environment: zoom, navigate, etc.) • Partners • Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin (pilot institute) • FACES collection, http://faces.mpdl.mpg.de • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan • Diamonds collection • Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Rostock University • FACES-Rostock collection (based on original FACES collection) • Partners • Max Planck Institut for European Legal History, Frankfurt • Legal artifacts of the period of the Holy Roman Empire, http://test-virr.mpdl.mpg.de:8080/virr • Interested Institutions • Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz (KHI), Florenz • Historical travel guides, antiquarian literature, rare-book collection, a 19th century journal • Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin • Institute series, 18th and 19th century advisory literature • Interested Institutions • Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching • Max Planck Institute for Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen • Humboldt University, Berlin Contact: faces-support@gwdg.de Contact: virr-support@gwdg.de Contact: Kristina Buechner: buechner@mpdl.mpg.de Bastien Saquet: saquet@mpdl.mpg.de Max Planck Digital Library · Amalienstrasse 33 · 80799 München · www.mpdl.mpg.de July 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/