iSpheresImage
Feature Overview and Progress
Summary
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Welcome to iSpheresImage
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Overview
Features
Current iSpheres
In Development
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Overview
 To manage the storage, organisation,
and publication of large collections of
Images and associated metadata for
multiple users.
 iSpheres addresses for images:
 Customisation and bulk management of
Metadata
 Publishing, privacy and copyright issues
 Creation of images, for presentations,
publications and other software
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Overview
 Connect multiple digital repositories
via iSpheresCore
 Access to multiple digital repositories
including:
 image & video collections
 eLearning systems
 Publications etc..
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Overview
 Funding from TIF grants
 Pays for development costs
 Open Source
 Publicly available at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres
 PHP v4.3.11
 MySQL v3.23.58
 Platform Independent
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Features – Image Management
 Add, remove images owned by you.
 Edit metadata on your images
 Administrators can customize the
metadata (more later)
 Share images between users
 Publish images publicly on the
internet.
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Features – Image Management
 Bulk import of image files
 Add large collections of images in folders
automatically to the database.
 Create Image Albums to
 Help manage sub collections
 Create slide shows in
 Flash
 Html
 Generate images to specific sizes
 Link locations to GoogleMap
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Features – Metadata Management
 Customise your own metadata using
 Database and
 Configuration file
 Bulk Metadata Management using
XML allows users:
 Insert new images and associated
metadata
 Update existing records
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Features - Copyright
 Manages Copyright.
 Automatically adds either the global
predefined copyright or an images
specific copyright message to the
generated image file.
 Allows administers/owners to maintain
control on publication of images denoting
which are public, for internal use only or
private to a specific individual.
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Other Features
 File indexing
 Images can be renamed or moved,
system finds them through checksums
 Image caching
 Allows for faster image retrieval during
searches
 Faster download times
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Current Users
 Department of Archaeology
 Faculty of Architecture
 Projects underway
 School of Biological Sciences
 Wilson Museum
 Connecting iSpheresImage to iSpheresCore
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In Development
 Connectivity to ISpheresCore is due
soon.
 This will allow for communication
between multiple iSpheresImage
collections.
 Expanding the way Metadata is
handled to allow for connection to
collections with minimal
configuration.
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In Development
 Other New Features:
 Record Duplications
 New functions for the Flash Slideshow
 More user focused changes based on
feedback from current users.
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More Information
 Documentation:
 Developer documentation
http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/
 Site Map:
http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/iSpheresI
mage_Site_Map.pdf
 Data Dictionary
http://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheresDoc/Data_dicti
onary.pdf
 File
Dependancieshttp://dev1.ispheres.org/iSpheres
Doc/File_Dependancies.pdf
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More information
 General Links:
 Home Site: http://www.ispheres.org/
 Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ispheres
 Wiki:
http://c093.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/mediaw
iki/index.php/ISpheresImage
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