Omeka - OCLC · Omeka: Omeka: An Open -Source, Free Toolkit for Exhibiting Collections Online
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Omeka:Omeka: An Open-Source, Free Toolkit for Exhibiting Collections Online
http://chnm.gmu.edu
http://omeka.org
Core Features• Open Source Technology: Linux,
Apache, MySql, PHP• Change design using themes• Add functionality with plug-ins• Unqualified Dublin Core Metadata• 508 and WC3 standards/accessibility
compliant
Extended Functionality• Data Migration Tools• Social Bookmarking• Tagging• RSS/Atom Feeds• Geolocation• User contribution form• Favoriting and annotating items
Sites Built with OmekaMost Omeka sites fall into 4 categories:• Archiving• Exhibiting • Collecting• TeachingExamples: http://omeka.org/showcase
Archiving
http://braceroarchive.org
Exhibiting
http://lincolnat200.org
Collecting
http://april16archive.org
Teaching
http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989
http//:omeka.org/codex/Documentation
http://omeka.org/codex/Screencasts
Exporting Content
• AtomOutput• OAI-PMH Repository• RSS2• Dublin Core RDF• JSON
Importing Content
• Dropbox Plugin• CSV Import Plugin• OAI-PMH Harvester
Under the Hood
• Runs on unix-based apache servers• PHP5, MySQL5, ImageMagick• Zend Framework, extended by Omeka's Core• Dublin Core Metadata
Theme Structure• /theme.ini• /about.php• /index.php• /404.php• /collections/• /common/• /items/• /images/• /css/• /javascripts/
Get involved
• Subscribe to the blog: http://omeka.org/blog/• Post to the Forums: http://omeka.org/forums/ • Join the Google Dev Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/omeka-dev• Sign up for SVN/Trac: http://omeka.org/trac/
Omeka Hosted Version
•If you do not have access to LAMP, CHNM offering hosted version in early 2010.