Transcript Preservation and Access of Cultural Heritage Objects

Preservation and Access of Cultural Heritage
Objects Through a Digital Archive Network for
Anthropology
Jeffrey T. Clark, Brian M. Slator, Aaron Bergstrom, Francis Larson, Richard
Frovarp, James E. Landrum III, William Perrizo
Contact: Jeffrey T. Clark
Email: [email protected]
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
402 Minard Hall, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58105
Departments of Sociology/Anthropology, Computer Science,
Information Technology Services, North Dakota State University
Digital Archive Network
For Anthropology
Project Co-PI’s:
•Dr. Jeffrey T. Clark
•Dr. Brian Slator
•Dr. William Perrizo
•DANA is intended to be a cross-platform information retrieval system for
web-based multimedia for anthropological research and education.
•The goal of the DANA project is to create a network of distributed,
federated databases containing research quality digitized 3D models,
photographs, and other records of archaeological and cultural data.
•To the user seeking to access a broad variety of data, the client
application will seem to be a user-friendly interface to a single online
database. In actuality, the user will be searching multiple databases
located across the globe.
http://atl.ndsu.edu/archive/
DANA Fact Sheet
Technology Used:
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Java3D
Java JDK 1.3
Java Web Start
Java Servlets
JDBC
NCSA Java3D Portfolio
IBM’s HotMedia Classes
XML
• Though further research is required to implement the distributed,
federated network aspects of DANA, the database browsing application
currently supports servlet search capabilities for JDBC 1.0 compliant
databases.
• DANA currently only displays VRML 97 and HotMedia 3D models,
although the addition of 3D file formats supported by the NCSA Java3D
Portfolio is planned.
Database Network Structure
Resstor
ORACLE
Image & Model
Database
Server
Server
NDSU Web server
JDBC
Connection
HTTP delivers
VRML models and
jpg graphics to
java application.
BROWSER
End User
Java Servlet
Java Application
HTTP delivers regular
web pages and loads
Java Web Start
application onto clients’
browser
Java
Application
HTTP connection
talks between servlet
and application
Starting The
Application
After installing Java Web Start and the
Java3D API, return to the application
launch page at:
http://atl.ndsu.edu/archive/dana.htm
Once there, click the “Launch DANA
Application” button.
Next a “login” box will appear, where
the user enters in his/her username &
password and then clicks the “Login”
button to start the DANA application.
New users may create a new login
and password by filling in the
username & password boxes and
then clicking the “Create” button.
The application will then ask for
the user’s name and e-mail
address.
Screenshot of DANA Client
Uses: Java 3D/Java Web Start
Screenshot of DANA Client
Uses: Java 3D/Java Web Start
Future Educational Uses
Of DANA
Immersive Virtual Lab
• Shared/collaborative research
environment
• Global student education lab
Digitally-Enhanced Museum Exhibits
• Multi-use Kiosk and Web-based
presentations
• Screen shots of the
World Endocast
Viewer, a simulated
use of DANA