e-curator: a web-based curatorial tool ian brown, mona hess sally macdonald, francesca millar...
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e-Curator: A Web-based Curatorial Tool
Ian Brown, Mona Hess
Sally MacDonald, Francesca Millar
Yean-Hoon Ong, Stuart Robson
Graeme Were
UCL Museums & Collections
University College London
UK e-Science ALL HANDS MEETING 2008, 8 – 11 September, Edinburgh, UK
Presentation Outline
• Project context.
• e-Curator web interface.
• e-Curator implementation: current architecture and future development.
e-Curator: Project Aims
• 3D colour scanning: to develop a traceable methodology for recording surface detail and colour quality of a range of object types and materials.
• e-Science technologies: the deployment of e-Science for the sharing of the collected 3D data sets and related metadata between disparate locations and institutions.
e-Curator: 3D Colour Scanning
• Arius3D Foundation Model 150 colour scanner.
• 3D models: – provide information about overall shape
and colours and surface details.
– provide a digital record of an object’s condition.
– help in the computerized study of artists’ structure and techniques.
e-Curator: Web Interface
e-Curator: Web Interface
e-Curator: Web Interface
e-Curator: Web Interface
e-Curator: Web Interface
Tumble Pan Zoom Rotate
e-Curator: Web Interface
Lighting display Colour display
e-Curator: Web Interface
e-Curator: Web Interface
• Different sets of raw and processed 3D data: ‘aligned’: without colour or
point processing ‘processed’: with cleaned
colours and geometry ‘presentation’: with
optimised colours and data voids
single scan files: constituent data
e-Curator: Web Interface
Object metadata
e-Curator: Web Interface
Scanning metadata: metadata concerning scan process and post processing
e-Curator Implementation: Current Architecture
• Storage Resource Broker (SRB):– A software tool developed by San Diego
Supercomputer Centre (SDSC)– Primary features:
• Supports access to data distributed across multiple storage repositories.
• Allows users to add metadata to describe the content of the files.
• Allows data to be replicated from remote into local databases.
e-Curator Implementation: Current Architecture
Data insertion
tool
Data insertion
tool
Web server Web server
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault/ucl/home/e-curator/gallery
The InternetThe Internet
SRB server SRB
server
UCL zone
Data insertion
tool
Data insertion
tool
Web server Web server
SRB vaultSRB
vault/ucl/home/e-curator/gallery
The InternetThe Internet
SRB server SRB
server
UCL zone
e-Curator Implementation: Current Architecture
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
SRB server:• performs data management
operations in conjunction with the MCAT database
SRB server
MCATDatabase
MCAT database:• hosted within PostgreSQL• a metadata repository for
storing internal system data and application metadata
SRB vault
SRB vault:• stores 3D data sets
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault/ucl/home/e-curator/gallery
SRB server SRB
server
UCL zone
Data insertion
tool
Data insertion
tool
Web server Web server
The InternetThe Internet
e-Curator Implementation: Current Architecture
Web server:• contains Java Servlets and
JSP pages to perform interactions with SRB server
Web server
Data insertion
tool
Data insertion tool:• to upload 3D data sets into
SRB vault and to annotate the data with relevant metadata
Web server Web server
SRB vaultSRB
vault/ucl/home/e-curator/gallery
The InternetThe Internet
SRB server SRB
server
UCL zone
e-Curator Implementation: Current Architecture
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault
SRB server SRB
server
Web server Web server
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
The InternetThe Internet
e-Curator Implementation: Future Federation
Web server Web server
MCAT
MCATDatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault/ucl/home/e-curator/gallery
The InternetThe Internet
SRB serverSRB
server
UCL zone
DatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault/museumA/home/e-curator/
gallery
SRB serverSRB
server
MuseumA zone
MCAT
MCAT DatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault /museumA/home/e-curator/gallery
/museumA/home/e-curator/gallery
SRB server
SRB server
MuseumA zoneMuseumA zone
MCAT
MCAT DatabaseDatabase
SRB vaultSRB
vault/museumA/home/e-curator/
gallery
SRB serverSRB
server
MuseumA zone
MCAT
MCAT
Replication & synchronization
e-Curator: A Web-based Curatorial Tool
• e-Curator web interface:
http://data02.geospatial.ucl.ac.uk:8080/
eCurator05/pages/main.jsp
• e-Curator project:
http://www.museums.ucl.ac.uk/
research/ecurator
• Contact:
UK e-Science ALL HANDS MEETING 2008, 8 – 11 September, Edinburgh, UK