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Evaluating (OSS) CMSes
April 3, 2013 - 11:45amHi all
We're looking for someone to do some research for us, evaluating a short list of (mostly open source) CMSes against a new site we're working on. Can anyone recommend an agency or freelancer who might suitable and/or interested in this work and receiving an RFP?
Thanks
Danny
Danny Birchall
Web Editor, Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Trust
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215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
Tele: +44 (0) 207 611 8894
email: D.Birchall@wellcome.ac.uk
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 11:08amOn 3 Apr 2013, at 14:58, Nick Poole wrote:
> I would really value views on whether we can set aside the various sectarian questions about this or that interpretation of CRM and look instead to the bigger win of setting out our stall as providers of linked data.
I assume the fact that people are engaging with the detail of getting to workable CRM means they agree with the broad vision, so yes, let's look towards the big win. [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 9:58amDear all,
Echoing the points made earlier this afternoon - CIDOC-CRM is a conceptual reference model. To be useful, it has to be instantiated, adopted, integrated, supported, trained and used.
Up to now, the power of CIDOC-CRM has been locked away in some of the most hideously complicated spider diagrams I have ever seen, which I freely confess have defeated me whenever I have come close to them (although I do suspect that they may be the inspiration behind the plot of Inception...) [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 9:49amOn 03/04/2013 14:22, Joseph Padfield wrote:
> One the of the main issues with CIDOC-CRM is the lack of simple. but
> real, examples of its use. The theoretical documentation on its own is
> only really helpful for specialists.
>
> Once there is a growing number of simple examples the community
> "could" begin to agree on how it is used, or more likely how different
> requirements are expressed. These simple then, peer reviewed, examples
> could be the basis of further use.
>
> A museum object
> An artist
> A location
> A simple [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 9:41amHi All
On 3 Apr 2013, at 14:22, Joseph Padfield wrote:
> One the of the main issues with CIDOC-CRM is the lack of simple. but real, examples of its use. The theoretical documentation on its own is only really helpful for specialists.
I'd give a big +1 to that point. I've tried a number of times along with several colleagues to get a good sense of what CIDOC-CRM is all about, but it tends to prove elusive. Similar to Mia's experience, this has been with some very experienced people in their field, so it's hard not to think that [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 9:22amOne the of the main issues with CIDOC-CRM is the lack of simple. but
real, examples of its use. The theoretical documentation on its own is
only really helpful for specialists.
Once there is a growing number of simple examples the community "could"
begin to agree on how it is used, or more likely how different
requirements are expressed. These simple then, peer reviewed, examples
could be the basis of further use. [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 8:59amOn 2 April 2013 15:40, Nick Poole wrote:
> In so doing, again theoretically, the distinction between 'internal'
> applications and 'external' ones becomes arbitrary. If the modelling and
> contextualisation of the data in terms of entities and relations is
> sufficient and if vocabularies are available as services rather than term
> lists, then it ought to be possible to derive your internal usage and your
> external usage from the same body of information.
> [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 8:32amThe problem is that technologists always talk about fitting data into a common set of data fields. This is what most aggregators do and of course important information is squeezed out in this process.
The challenge for harmonising data, even data from completely different specialisms, is not to try and fit it into a common set of data fields and/or limit the data that you can represent. It is to find a common set of generalisations about the data. It is these generalisations that enable data to be represented in such a way that means completely different datasets can be [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 3, 2013 - 8:17amOn 02/04/2013 15:40, Nick Poole wrote:
> First and foremost, there is the core idea of 'Create Once, Publish Everywhere' (COPE) which, at heart is about the workflow of creating and managing content and the systems and data structures which support it.
>
> The idea, which goes right back to the early days of web standards is to separate out the content layer from the presentation layer, so that content can (in theory at least) be reflowed into many different presentation formats. This achieves, to my mind, Mike Ellis's maxim of 'no single use data'.
The idea of separating [...]
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Re: Online community platforms
April 3, 2013 - 8:14amHi Rosie,
Ok perhaps this would be over kill. but if you wanted a bit more
functionality you could look at using the software that runs Wikipedia,
http://www.mediawiki.org/ it's free, open source and has the flexibility
to allow you to provide quite a range of functionalities.
Just a thought.
Joe
On 03/04/13 12:18, Rose Cardiff wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here at Tate, we're looking at building an online community of teachers
> for a particular project and I've been investigating different platforms
> that enable you to do this, such as ning, socialgo, grou.ps and
> socialengine.
>
[...]
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Re: Online community platforms
April 3, 2013 - 7:45amTake a look at Elgg http://elgg.org/
I have read good things about this platform
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rose Cardiff
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 2:18 PM
To: Hanan Cohen
Subject: Online community platforms
Hi everyone,
Here at Tate, we're looking at building an online community of teachers
for a particular project and I've been investigating different platforms
that enable you to do this, such as ning, socialgo, grou.ps and
socialengine. [...]
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Re: Online community platforms
April 3, 2013 - 7:41amHi Rose
I'd say avoid anything hosted (Ning is a great example of a platform that fell apart when they changed their terms of service), or anything bespoke. The obvious one that springs to mind is BuddyPress - http://buddypress.org/ which is a nice combination of highly tested, open source, and also available for you to host yourself / edit / own. [...]
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Re: Online community platforms
April 3, 2013 - 7:34amHi Rosie
We offer a bespoke online community platform which has all the features of a social media tool like Facebook and can connect to these tools as well.
Have a look at http://e-learningstudios.com/bespoke/learning-networks for the functions and features. At the bottom there are examples of what we have produced, including a http://www.smile-vet.eu/index.php/en/learning-network which was developed for the museum community for digital conversion. [...]
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Online community platforms
April 3, 2013 - 7:18amHi everyone,
Here at Tate, we're looking at building an online community of teachers
for a particular project and I've been investigating different platforms
that enable you to do this, such as ning, socialgo, grou.ps and
socialengine.
I just wondered if anyone on the list had experience of using any of
these platforms or other similar platforms and could give me some
feedback or recommendations. If so, please get in touch. [...]
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Design with Heritage website and survey
April 3, 2013 - 6:48amHi All,
The website for Design with Heritage, an AHRC Creative Economy Knowledge Exchange Project led by UCL and V&A, is now live at www.designwithheritage.org
There is information about the project, research blogs, resources and discussion forums. Feasibility projects will be announced via the website in the coming weeks.
Alongside demonstration projects, Design with Heritage will be writing a consultation paper to highlight the need for better links between academic and business sectors. We are running a survey to collect supporting evidence and would welcome your insight. Please take the time to fill out the questionnaire (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CPSXG7N)We would be happy [...]
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Last chance to order BBC History Magazine's Guides to Museums at Night!
April 3, 2013 - 4:47amApologies for cross-posting!
Dear all,
Thanks for your support of the Museums at Night festival (16-18 May) so
far.
Thanks to everyone who's already ordered boxes of our brochures, the BBC
History Magazine Guide to Museums at Night
agazine-guide-to-museums-at-night-by-wednesday-3rd-april/> : these give
a flavour of the diversity of events on offer, and encourage people who
pick them up to come to the website and find an event near them to go
along to. [...]
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Re: New blog on Collections Link - Create Once, Publish Everywhere & ResearchSpace
April 2, 2013 - 4:17pmHi Nick,
I'm giving a presentation on this topic at next month's national Museums Australia conference in Canberra: "Create Once, Publish Everywhere - Approaches for re-using collection information online".
There are many challenges, especially with the large volumes of tombstone data created before staff were planning to provide public access to content. However, it is important to look at collections data and consider how it could be re-used in different ways, for different audiences with different levels of interest. This can help guide how the content is created. [...]
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Re: Google Analytics
April 2, 2013 - 12:36pmHi Jim
Try Dan Barker - @danbarker on Twitter or djbrkr@gmail.com
At Kew we used him for exactly this task and then user journeys and SEO.
Cheers, James
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Jim Richardson wrote:
> Hi
>
> A client of ours is looking to get a consultant help them get more out of
> Google Analytics. They are primarily concerned with information around
> purchases from their online store and ticket sales.
>
> We have done the basics, but I [...]
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Re: Google Analytics
April 2, 2013 - 12:21pmHi Jim,
I'd be happy to put you in touch with a colleague of mine at Reading Room who specialises in this to chat through in further detail if you'd be interested...
Simon Nash, Head of Planning
Reading Room
0207 173 2800
Simon.nash@readingroom.com
Hope that helps!
Ricky
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Google Analytics
April 2, 2013 - 12:10pmHi
A client of ours is looking to get a consultant help them get more out of Google Analytics. They are primarily concerned with information around purchases from their online store and ticket sales.
We have done the basics, but I wondered if anyone can recommend a really top notch consultant who specialises in this? [...]
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