ABC No Rio | Omeka CMS Evaluation
Evaluation
During the first year of my master's program at SI, I spent spring break in New York City at ABC No Rio conducting a volunteer project to evaluate the open source Content Management System Omeka. Omeka is designed specifically for "scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts", and adheres to the Dublin core standards. To read more about this project and view photos from my experience, read my blog post.
February 2009
Special Thanks
Steven Englander, Director
Final Evaluation
Evaluation Excerpt
Plug-ins
COinS "The COinS plugin embeds citation metadata into the pages of your Omeka site for each item. COinS (ContextObjects in Spans) is "a simple, ad hoc community specification for publishing OpenURL references in HTML." When installed, the COinS plugin makes your items viewable to certain online bibliographic tools [zotero.org] by automatically embedding citation metadata in your website. The intention of this plugin is to facilitate online research as well as interoperability with other systems."4 This is good for academics researching this period in art history.
- If we are using the COinS Plugin, why do we need another citation element? According to Omeka documentation, the citation element in the Dublin Core metadata refers to "A reference note composed in the style appropriate for your project."5 If this is not necessary, it is recommended that this element is not shown at the presentation level.
