Tools for Archiving, Databasing and Exhibiting
| Tool | What can I use this for? | Training/Support materials? | Licensing |
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| Arvest | Platform for cultural collections research and publication, using the IIIF platform. | Set of video tutorials produced by the team. | Web-hosted through the French government's HUMA-NUM infrastructure. |
| Digital Mappa | Collaborative annotation and publishing platform using the IIIF standard. | Creator Guide (digitalmappa.org) | Web-hosting or customisable self-hosting available. |
| Exhibit | Web-publishing platform for GLAM content using the IIIF standard (good for distributed collections). | Welcome (exhibit.so) | Web-hosting or customisable self-hosting available. |
| eXistdb | Build native xml databases to stores textual or binary data and documents without requiring a schema (database and/or coding experience recommended if self-building). | How-to guides, demos, examples and documentation here. | Free/OpenSource, custom support for individual projects at cost |
| GitHub | Developer platform, widely used in data projects and increasingly used in collaborative Digital Humanities projects. Particularly good for: project repositories and data-sharing, hosting/dissemination, version control and workflows. Community and collaboration oriented. | Github docs includes getting started guides, links to community discussions. Dedicated support site for troubleshooting user issues. | Free/Opensource. Creation of free account required, paid options available for teams and enterprise. |
| Heurist | Database design application, iterative build allows modification of structure as project progresses. Humanities data focussed. Graphical user interface (no coding required). Linkable to open data. Web app. | FAQ and tutorials. In-app error reporting. User groups and mailing list via community pages. | Free/Opensource. Bespoke build/hosting options at cost. |
| Juncture | Visual essay and digital storytelling tool using the IIIF standard (good for distributed collections). | Quick Start (juncture-digital.org) | Web-hosting available, requires a Github account. |
| Omeka | Web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions.
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Getting started/troubleshooting via forums.
Dedicated training and support plans at cost. |
Free/OpenSource. Data-hosting and custom development options at cost. |
| Tropy | Organize and describe photographs of research material, add metadata, curate grouped lists of items. Compatible with online exhibition software such as Omeka, and with IIIF, CSV and SCL formats. | Documentation includes user guides. Community advice/support via forums. | Free/OpenSource |
| ThingLink | Create and host multimedia (e.g. images, videos and 3D models) | Learning Centre includes user guides. | Subscription. Available via UoL, setup instructions here |