EMu New Features 2015
Ian Brown
EMu 4.2
Edit in a single language
4.2
(Previously for multi-lingual systems all languages had to
be edited simultaneously)
• Available for multi-lingual EMu clients
• Display languages in any order
• Display a single language or all languages
• “Ghosting” of values for empty fields
• Enter text in a single language or all languages
• Lookup Lists auto-fill all languages
• Text fields may be set as multi-lingual or uni-lingual in
EMu Registry
Edit in a single language
4.2
Edit in a single language
4.2
IMu 2.0
4.2
Widget framework provided.
What are IMu widgets?
• EMu aware components in web pages whose content is
created independently of the page.
• Provides ways to browse, search, display, update
information from EMu.
• Widgets are device aware
• Same widget used for desktop and mobile devices
• Widget layout based on device
IMu 2.0
4.2
What are IMu widgets?
 Can be added to any HTML page.
Static HTML pages;
pages served via templating engines (PHP, JSP, ASP);
pages generated by CMS (Joomla, Drupal, Umbraco).
 Created using JavaScript and based on jQuery library.
• IMu API extended to support insertions and updates
• User authentication required
• Development of data capture widgets
Other…
• Pop-up calendar support for dates
4.2
Other…
4.2
• Document import support for multi-page scanning.
• Auto-fill for all Lookup List values. Can be used to
enforce value consistency.
• Faster copying of records from List View.
• Clear Group Box command.
• Support for display of PDF images (via Ghostscript tool).
• Refer to EMu 4.2 release notes in EMu Help.
EMu 4.3
GUID / UUID support
• EMu community proposal from September 2013.
• GUID support in EMu in four phases:
1. Storage of GUIDs in EMu modules
2. GUID generation on EMu record save
3. Local IMu web service for local resolution
of EMu GUIDs
4. Global IMu web service portal for global
resolution of EMu GUIDs
4.3
GUID / UUID support
4.3
• Multiple GUIDs can be saved per record
• Can enable automatic GUID generation on record save
• UUID Version 4 (random) GUID by default
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier
• Extensible framework to enable automatic assignment of
other types of GUIDs.
GUID / UUID support
4.3
Scheduled operations
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4.3
New Operations module
Defines task and date/time to be run
Core tasks: Merge, Image Import
Audit logs created
Extensible – System Administrators can develop and
plug-in new tasks
Scheduled operations
4.3
Scheduled operations
4.3
IMu 2.0
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Mapper widget
Object Locator widgets
Tag widget enabling social tagging of objects
Rapid Data Entry (RDE) subsystem
4.3
Other…
4.3
• ImageMagick upgraded to 6.8.8. Improved and new
support for a number of image/document formats.
• Calendar pop-up controls added to Condition, Location,
Taxon and Valuation batch update dialogs.
• Many documentation updates and improvements,
particularly in regard to EMu Registry settings.
• Query optimiser improvements.
• Refer to EMu 4.3 release notes in EMu Help.
In progress
Thesaurus improvements
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Discussion on EMu Users Forum
Change to IRN linked records like other EMu modules
Potential for term ambiguity eliminated
Browse View replaced by Archive View (EMu 4.1)
Various use improvements through Archive View
Better term relationship assignment and detection
Improvements to query syntax
Thesaurus improvements
• Dual tree and detail view
• Navigate via tree view
• Drag and drop to move nodes
in progress
Field Select improvements
in progress
• Field selection uses a separate dialogue box
• Select fields by:
• Column name
• Caption / Label
• Tab name
• New mode to allow field selection from modules:
• Click on field to select it
• Follow attachments to linked modules
• Streamline process to create new resources (e.g. List
View, Report)
Field Select improvements
in progress
Field Select improvements
in progress
Field Select improvements
in progress
Double click to add
Global Replace improvements
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Global Replace entries saved in EMu registry for re-use
Incorporate the Field Select improvements
Move data between fields
Run in “unattended” mode for large updates
Global Replace improvements
in progress
Other…
in progress
• Export / download a batch of multimedia images, rather
than one at a time.
• Spell check able to run on selected set of records, rather
then only current record.
• A tool to simply return objects to their designated
permanent location.
Future developments (?)
IMu iBeacon support
future
• iBeacon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibeacon
• Apple’s implementation of Bluetooth low-energy (BLE)
wireless technology
• A mechanism for providing location based information
and services
• Beacons are small, cheap, short range Bluetooth
transmitters. Each beacon transmits its UUID.
• Smartphone apps listen for signals transmitted by
Beacons and trigger location based content.
• iOS 7.0+ devices. BLE also compatible with Android 4.3+
devices.
Drag/Drop media improvements
future
• Desktop drop zone for adding media
• One or many media files
• Allow right-click in Windows
• Media ingestion by IMu
• Handle multiple media files in one operation
• Multiple media files drop into EMu for ingestion
• Multiple thumbnails drag/drop within EMu
Modify image metadata
future
• Update metadata in master image
• EXIF, IPTC, XMP
• Propagate metadata to image resolutions
• Can be managed independently of master
• Global replace
• e.g. update Copyright field in metadata of media
associated with a set of records
Record versioning
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future
Create new version of record based on existing record
Previous version is retired
Attachments may link to older versions of record
History of versions may be viewed
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