Omeka-S

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Background

• Omeka-S is the enterprise version of Omeka
• Omeka Classic originally intended for small institutions – local historical societies, etc.
• Larger institutions developed interest, needed an institution-wide IT solution to support numerous users and sites
• WordPress multi-site segregates contents of each site; Omeka-S shares content across sites (available for all institutional users to see and use)

Components

• Item (same concept as Omeka Classic)
  • Dublin Core metadata (title, description, etc.)
  • Not only text, but also links to other items, URIs, media (files or HTML code), dedicated YouTube video (with variable start/end time for shorter segments)
  • Items can be in multiple collections, not just one
• Vocabulary
  • Set of established metadata labels (Dublin Core, Bibliographic Ontology)
• Resource Template
  • Set of metadata labels the user wishes to utilize for a class of items
  • Labels of any resource template are drawn from one or more vocabularies
• Item Set
  • Analogous to a collection in Omeka Classic
  • Any label applicable to an item can be applied to an item set
  • Allows large groups of items to be added to pages more easily
• Site
  • More complicated and versatile than Omeka Classic
  • Content of each page built separately
  • Navigation between pages established independently

Major Tools

• CSV Importer
• Omeka-2 Importer
• Custom Vocabularies
• Zotero Importer

Permissions

• Two levels of permissions – global (institution-wide) and specific to an individual site
  • Global Administrator – Site Administrator – Editor – Reviewer – Author – Researcher
  • Users can have different permission levels for different sites (except Global Administrators)