Who am I? The V&A is the lead partner in the NMOLP What is the technical component of the NMOLP? What do I end up with, as a partner?

The V&A is the lead partner in the NMOLP

What is the technical component of the NMOLP?

What do I end up with, as a partner?

Why is the NMOLP good for me? A stack of technologies – not a vertically indivisible whole A model for how to do this A framework for rapid application development Applications ready for mass-production of content

A stack of technologies – not a vertically indivisible whole

A model for how to do this

A framework for rapid application development

Applications ready for mass-production of content

That stack in full Federated search application Opensearch etc. XML WebQuests Creative journeys Feed Drupal instance

The federated search piece Google, OAI, OpenSearch or SRW? MARC, MODS, METS, LOM? Well, yes... Realtime search or a harvester? Well, yes... Because caching is important but data manipulation isn't hard

Google, OAI, OpenSearch or SRW?

MARC, MODS, METS, LOM?

Well, yes...

Realtime search or a harvester?

Well, yes...

Because caching is important but data manipulation isn't hard

The federated search piece Google, OAI, OpenSearch or SRW? MARC, MODS, METS, Spectrum, LOM? Well, yes... Realtime search or a harvester? Well, yes... Because caching is important but data manipulation isn't hard

Google, OAI, OpenSearch or SRW? MARC, MODS, METS, Spectrum, LOM?

Well, yes...

Realtime search or a harvester?

Well, yes...

Because caching is important but data manipulation isn't hard

Creative Journeys: more machine-readable data User data is propagated across partner servers in real time User contributions are held locally but made available as an xml feed User actions are tracked and made available to the drupal modules

User data is propagated across partner servers in real time

User contributions are held locally but made available as an xml feed

User actions are tracked and made available to the drupal modules

Leverage the Drupal framework Drupal – a PHP framework / CMS Out-of-the-box drupal cool juice Machine readable search results Machine readable feeds of user interactions A framework, even an API, for the potential user interactions Rapid (and reliable) Application Development

Drupal – a PHP framework / CMS

Out-of-the-box drupal cool juice

Machine readable search results

Machine readable feeds of user interactions

A framework, even an API, for the potential user interactions

Rapid (and reliable) Application Development

Future scenarios As a partner, improve my machine-readable search offering... when the rest of the museum catches up As partners, improve or replace the federated search offering if something better comes along Rapidly deploy new drupal modules to sit alongside Creative Journeys Develop bespoke applications for identified users such as WebQuests

As a partner, improve my machine-readable search offering... when the rest of the museum catches up

As partners, improve or replace the federated search offering if something better comes along

Rapidly deploy new drupal modules to sit alongside Creative Journeys

Develop bespoke applications for identified users such as WebQuests

The Human Factor NMOLP as solutions provider rather than aimless aggregator Technology stack lets me do something while waiting for the museum to catch up All machine-readable aspects can be re-used if I want The Drupal framework allows for rapid application development

NMOLP as solutions provider rather than aimless aggregator

Technology stack lets me do something while waiting for the museum to catch up

All machine-readable aspects can be re-used if I want

The Drupal framework allows for rapid application development