1. Using Omeka S To Create and
Share Cultural Heritage Linked
Open Data
DCMI International Conference, Oct 28 2017
Dr Patrick Murray-John
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History
and New Media, George Mason University
@patrick_mj
patrickmjchnm@gmail.com
2. Using Omeka S To Create and
Share Cultural Heritage Linked
Open Data
● Omeka
Classic and
S core
principles
● Omeka S
core
principles
● Hands-on
time!
● More
questions?
● Final
questions
and feedback
● JSON-LD API
3. Omeka Origins
Need for (small) Cultural Heritage Institutions to
easily publish on the web
Quickly grew beyond that audience
5. Omeka S Origins
Widespread adoption called for easier deployment
of many sites
Linked Open Data for Libraries Archives and
Museums
Lessons learned from Omeka Classic
Newer web technologies
6. Omeka S Core Principles
● Complete rewrite with modern technologies
● One installation – Many sites
● Data sharing
– Linked Open Data
– Connectors to Dspace, Fedora
22. Hands-on time!
● Create a new Site
– Add a page
– Add it to the navigation
– View the public page
● Create a new Item
– Add metadata
– Add media
– Add it to an Item Set
23. Omeka S Public API
● REST endpoint at {your domain}/api
– {your domain}/api/{resource}
● List resources /api/api_resources
● Resources
– items
– item-sets
– media
● (Some are Omeka S-specific)
28. Using Omeka S To Create and
Share Cultural Heritage Linked
Open Data
Questions? Issues? Compliments?
https://github.com/omeka/omeka-s
https://forum.omeka.org/c/omeka-s
patrickmjchnm@gmail.com
Dr Patrick Murray-John
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History
and New Media
@patrick_mj