OCCAMS is web-based database tool that aims to address the data management needs of researchers integrating visual and non-visual data. It aims to allow researchers to work on collections collaboratively in a closed environment and then either publish the data or export the data to an archive.

Academics working with visual data that could benefit from this project include anthropologists,  historians, artists, biographers, archaeologists, environmental scientists and human geographers. They may be generating data themselves or collating data from collections with varying protocols of use and diverse metadata schemas.

Data management journey poster (PDF 2.2MB)
 

Screenshot of OCCAMS workspace:

Features:

• batch import and support for standard image, video, audio and document formats
• importing of embedded image metadata, including IPTC
• item, object and collection level structure
• search and browsing capabilities
• user and access rights management
• default metadata templates, including compatibility with Dublin Core, IPTC and FOAF
• cutomisable metadata fields
• ability to create controlled vocabulary lists
• item and object linking
• ability to create, edit and view tags/keywords
• integration of GPS data and Google maps
• image, PDF and video annotation
  
   

Proposed features:

• workflows for working offline in field
• sorting capabilities
• innovative ways of adjusting screen layout to allow for viewing of media/metadata according to research needs
• API for integration with other systems
• Instant web publishing
• and more..

Please contact us if you are interested to know more.

Project Updates:

15/08/2011:
OCCAMS has an alpha version!

22/06/2011:
We are currently applying the new OCCAMS interface deisgn.

15/04/2011:
View video demonstrations of OCCAMS in progress.