Transcript Recent Developments with the EMu web interface

EMu Web Development
Recent EMu Web
Development
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EMu Web Development
Evolution, not Revolution
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texhtmlserver / texhtml
texxmlserver / Web Objects
“Web 5”
New EMu Web System (“NEWS”)
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New Features
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Themes
Cross-module searching/results
Dynamic pages: “Web 2.0”
User “audit trails”
Standard “shopping cart” facilities
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Technology – What’s Going On?
Actually quite a lot…
• “EMu engine”
• Web-server APIs
• Theming
• Interactivity
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“EMu engine”
• Same role as texxmlserver
• Embedded within EMu environment
• Extensible via perl modules – you can add your own
functionality
 Basic cross-module searching
 Shopping cart interface
 Admin tool
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Web Server APIs
• Set of APIs
 PHP
 .Net
 Java
 Perl
 Other
• Used to build web services
 e.g. Multimedia web service
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Theming
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Web server code generates XML
XSLT to process XML
Separation of content from presentation logic
Can be run of web-server or by browser
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Interactivity
• Browser-based code
 Javascript / jQuery
 Flash
 Silverlight
• Provides:
 Background searching (AJAX)
 Markup of content (Subject links)
 Visual effects (scrolling etc.)
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Browser
texhtml
texhtmlserver
texserver
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EMu Web Development
Browser
texhtml
texhtmlserver
Web Objects
texxmlserver
texserver
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Browser
texhtml
texhtmlserver
“Web 5”
Web Objects
texxmlserver
texserver
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Browser
texhtml
texhtmlserver
“Web 5”
Web Objects
texxmlserver
PHP
“NEWS”
texserver
Collections Management Museums
EMu Web Development
Browser
texhtml
texhtmlserver
“Web 5”
Web Objects
texxmlserver
PHP
.Net
Java
Perl
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“NEWS”
texserver
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EMu Web Development
Browser
XSLT
texhtml
texhtmlserver
“Web 5”
Web Objects
texxmlserver
PHP
.Net
Java
Perl
…
“NEWS”
texserver
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EMu Web Development
Browser
Javascript etc.
XSLT
texhtml
texhtmlserver
“Web 5”
Web Objects
texxmlserver
PHP
.Net
Java
Perl
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“NEWS”
texserver
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EMu Web Development
How can we use this?
• Build more dynamic web sites
• Build sites with different themes for different users:
 Target sites to specific audiences
 Mobile devices (iPhone)
 Visually impaired
• Build sites that do more than query single EMu module
 Cross-module searching allows you to publish what you
need from whatever modules you need
 Other tools such as Admin tool
• Build web services
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Summary
• EMu’s web capability continues to evolve
• “NEWS” is a significant addition to the existing web tools
 More functionality
 More dynamic web sites
 More flexibility in how you use it
• It’s not hard to get data in EMu and on the web and you now
have more options than ever
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