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Overview This article introduces how to create a custom search page like the following in Omeka S. Background For creating search pages in Omeka S, I previously introduced a method to limit filter items on the advanced search screen. However, as shown in the overview, there are cases where you want to create a search screen that lists only specific items. For creating such a search page, you can use the “Advanced Search” module. ...

Overview When attempting to install the Clean Url module on Omeka S built with the following environment: PHP Version: 8.3.2 Omeka S Version: 4.0.4 Clean Url Version: 3.17.7 The following message was displayed: D e p r e c a t e d : C r e a t i o n o f d y n a m i c p r o p e r t y C l e a n U r l \ R o u t e r \ H t t p \ C l e a n R o u t e : : $ p r i o r i t y i s d e p r e c a t e d i n v a r / w w w / h t m l / v e n d o r / l a m i n a s / l a m i n a s - r o u t e r / s r c / S i m p l e R o u t e S t a c k . p h p o n l i n e 2 8 5 To address this issue, the above message could be hidden by partially modifying the /modules/CleanUrl/src/Router/Http/CleanRoute.php file as described below. ...

Overview This article explains the “File Sideload” module for batch uploading images to Omeka S. https://omeka.org/s/modules/FileSideload/ The official manual is available at the following URL: https://omeka.org/s/docs/user-manual/modules/filesideload/ Module Installation It can be installed using the standard method. https://omeka.org/s/docs/user-manual/modules/#installing-modules Module Configuration After installation, you will be navigated to the following configuration screen. Here, specify the path to the folder for uploading images for batch registration. Depending on permissions, you should be able to specify any arbitrary path. ...

I am sharing a response from ChatGPT4 about the differences between Omeka Classic and Omeka S. I hope it serves as a useful reference. Omeka and Omeka S are open-source web publishing platforms for building digital collections and exhibitions. Both are widely used by academic institutions, libraries, museums, archives, educators, and cultural heritage organizations. However, Omeka and Omeka S differ in their design and intended use. Omeka (Classic) Target audience: Best suited for individuals and small-scale projects. Suitable for school projects, personal research, and small archival collections. Features: Easy to install and provides an intuitive admin interface. Focused on individual websites and projects, specializing in single site management and exhibition creation. Use cases: Best for exhibiting small digital collections and educational projects. Customization is possible through plugins and themes, but it is not suited for integrated management of multiple projects or collections. Omeka S Target audience: Best suited for organizations with multiple projects and collections, such as universities, libraries, and museums. Features: Omeka S is designed to enable the creation and management of multiple sites. With a single installation, it allows sharing, reusing, and linking resources across different projects and collections. Use cases: Best for large institutions that have multiple digital collections and exhibitions and want to manage them in an integrated manner. It provides more advanced features including API support, advanced search functionality, and Linked Open Data support. Key Differences Intended use: Omeka Classic is designed for small-scale projects and individual users, while Omeka S is designed for organizations and institutions with multiple projects and sites. Functionality: Omeka S provides more advanced features such as multi-site management, Linked Open Data support, and data access via API. Extensibility and interoperability: Omeka S aims for broader data integration and interoperability by sharing items across collections. The choice depends on the scale of the project, its purpose, and the type of data being managed. Omeka Classic is suitable for small-scale projects and personal use, while Omeka S is suitable for organizations handling multiple projects and large datasets. ...

Overview On the advanced search screen for each site built with Omeka S, users can select a property and search for specific values. With the default settings, all properties registered in Omeka S are displayed, which can make it difficult to use. This article introduces how to limit the properties shown as selectable options, as shown below: This article targets Omeka S version 4.0.4. Documentation The relevant documentation can be found here: ...

Overview Bulk Import is a module for batch registration of items and media in Omeka S. https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-BulkImport It has been continuously updated and has become quite convenient, so this is a memo. Installation It can be installed in the usual way. However, the Log module must be installed beforehand. https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-Log Usage Here, I will introduce an example of registration using a CSV file. Configuration First, access the following and click the edit icon. ...

Overview When loading a Presentation API v2 manifest file like the following into Mirador 3, a display error occurred. https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nakamura196/42fb6bca6a9fa137234c334cb313fc58/raw/4188ebccb7406ff5132331a4fecc4ace8bdd7ebc/ng.json Below is the display in Mirador 3. I investigated the cause and workaround, and am sharing the findings here. Cause The following error message was displayed. Despite providing IIIF v2 input, it appeared to be interpreted as v3. E r r o r a a a a a a a a a a : t t t t t t t t t t A P A t t c i h i h F r r . . a n n u I o r p g n d ( d ( n I p a a e v e d e d c I e y r t a x e x e t F r . s L s . f . f i t m e a e j a j a o v y a b s s u s u n 3 V p ( e . : l : l . a P l j 6 t 8 t m l l r s 7 M 1 M a o u < o ( : : e : e p c e a p M 1 2 m 4 m T a . n e a 6 5 o 0 o o l t o r n 2 i i P i s n t i : z z r z : y y f 1 e e o e 1 m V e 2 . . p d 2 o a s j j s 6 u l t s s p : s u R : : ( r 2 > e e 1 1 O o 0 ) . s 2 2 p p t o 3 3 e e s u : : n r : r 2 2 S t 1 c 0 0 e y 2 e ) ) a 3 . d v : t r a 2 s a l 9 : g u ) 3 o e 5 n : V m 2 i u 8 e s ) w t e r h . a j v s e : 3 a 9 n : 1 a 2 r ) r a y a s t h e v a l u e f o r a g i v e n l a n g u a g e . This appeared to occur when the canvas label was written in object format, as shown below: ...

Overview IIIF Viewers is one of the modules for Omeka S. https://github.com/omeka-j/Omeka-S-module-IiifViewers The latest release is available here: https://github.com/omeka-j/Omeka-S-module-IiifViewers/releases/latest I made several updates this time, so this is a memorandum. Universal Viewer Version Update I updated Universal Viewer to v4.0.25. Additionally, I documented how to update Universal Viewer in the following section of README.md: https://github.com/omeka-j/Omeka-S-module-IiifViewers?tab=readme-ov-file#compilation-of-universal-viewer This was based on the documentation in the following module: https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-UniversalViewer I also documented how to update Mirador, but since the latest version was already installed, no update was performed. ...

Overview To send emails from Omeka S running on Amazon Lightsail, it appears that email sending configuration is required. This article introduces how to use Amazon SES. https://aws.amazon.com/jp/ses/ The following forum discussion was helpful. https://forum.omeka.org/t/configuring-sendmail-or-smtp-for-omeka-s-on-amazon-lightsail/19335/1 Amazon SES Configuration Configure Amazon SES by referring to the following site. https://qiita.com/Shun_konno/items/f51ae599b68e0d2d36ea Omeka S Configuration Edit the Omeka S local.config.php file as follows. < r ] ? e ; p t h u p r ' ] ' ] n l , m , o a ' [ g i u O g l ' s ] t e ' t e , h r r _ e ' L = a c r o > n ' o ] = g s t o m , s > [ p y p p e s o p t l t [ e r e i ' ' ' ' ' e ] t t t ' o n h p c c t , i t ' n a o o o o e n i = s m s r n n _ g n = > ' e t t n n ' ' ' q s g > ' ' ' e e u p s u . s ' = c c s a s i . [ s > = = = t t e s l t . ( m > > > i i r s ' ' a t [ o o n w s p ' ' 5 n n a o = ' s e 8 _ _ m r > n , e m 7 c c e d e s a , l o ' ' t e - i a n r d s l s f = = = u e m - s i > > > e d U t s ' g , ) s p m ' ' ' ' e - t y y t u p = = o o l S s . > > u u s M e u r r ' T r s ' [ - - , P ' - p s s , e l e e a a s s s i - - t n s s - ' m m 1 , t t . p p a - - m u p a s a z e s o r s n n w A a a o n w m r y s e d . ' ' n c , , a o m m e ' , S S S P A E E S o u S S L S r t E t h S S t S e M M y s n T T p S u t P P e M p i T p c u p P o a s a ' r t e s t s t i r s l e e o n w s r d n a o ' v m r e b t e d r r y y e p c e S e o n E m d S m p e o ( n i e d n . e t g d . ) , 5 8 7 ) For host, specify the Amazon SES SMTP server endpoint corresponding to the AWS region you are using. The example uses the us-east-1 region endpoint, but change it as needed. For username and password, use the SMTP credentials generated in Amazon SES. Summary We hope this is helpful when using Omeka S with Amazon Lightsail. ...

Overview In the following article, I introduced how to bulk export data using the BulkExport module. This module also provides functionality to display an export button on item detail pages. I will introduce how to use this feature. Usage The installation method is the same as for general modules. It is also briefly explained in the article above. After activating the module, export links in various formats are displayed on item detail pages as shown below. ...

Overview This article introduces “Scripto,” an Omeka S module that enables transcription and translation of media (images, etc.) registered in Omeka S. https://omeka.org/s/modules/Scripto/ Installation The installation of this module itself is the same as for other standard modules. However, in addition to installing this module, you need to set up MediaWiki. If your environment already runs Omeka S, it should have the necessary components for setting up MediaWiki. Download and set up MediaWiki using commands like the following: ...

Overview I tried the IiifPresentation module that adds IIIF Presentation API support, so here are my notes. https://omeka.org/s/modules/IiifPresentation/ As far as I could tell from a brief trial, there did not seem to be a significant difference from the features provided by the IIIF Server module below. https://omeka.org/s/modules/IiifServer/ One difference is that this module was developed by the Omeka Team, and it has the advantage of being usable without detailed configuration. ...

Overview As of 2023/07/20, this module appears to still be in beta, but I had the opportunity to try out “Omeka-S-module-HistoryLog,” a module for recording change history in Omeka S. Here are my notes. https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-HistoryLog Installation As noted in the documentation, you may need to install the Generic module beforehand. https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-HistoryLog#installation Otherwise, the installation procedure is the same as for standard modules. After installation, the module will appear in the module list as shown below. ...

Overview This article describes how to set the default sort order for items displayed on per-item-set pages in Omeka S. Specifically, this concerns the initial sort order for screens like the following. By default, it is set to “Date created” in “Descending” order. The method differs between Omeka v4 and v3, so I’ll explain each below. v4 Access the following per-site settings screen. /admin/site/s/#site-settings Then, set the field and ascending/descending order in the “Item browse defaults” section below. ...

Overview The following module is available for setting up Google Analytics in Omeka S. https://omeka.org/s/modules/GoogleAnalytics/ As of April 2023, the above module also supports GA4, but as of April 2022, it was not supported as mentioned in the following post. https://forum.omeka.org/t/google-analytics-4-gtag-js/15034 Therefore, the following module was introduced, and I decided to try it. https://omeka.org/s/modules/AnalyticsSnippet/ Note that, as mentioned above, as of April 2023, the first module also supports GA4, so either module can be used for setting up Google Analytics. ...

Overview I needed to create IIIF Presentation API v3 manifest files, so I will introduce how to create them using Omeka S. Installing Omeka S and the IIIF Server Module Please install by referring to the following resource. https://zenn.dev/nakamura196/books/f4f87f9730e12e Creating Items in Omeka S This time, we will use the following image published by the National Diet Library. https://dl.ndl.go.jp/api/iiif/2585098/R0000003/full/full/0/default.jpg Create a new item and give it an appropriate title. ...

Overview I needed to create a user with viewing permissions for private resources in Omeka S, so this is a memo about that. Omeka S User Permissions Omeka S provides multiple user permission levels. Specifically, they are described on the following page. https://omeka.org/s/docs/user-manual/admin/users/#users Below is a summary with Japanese translations for reference. English Japanese Global Administrator full installation privileges. Global Administrator Full installation privileges Supervisor robust site and content privileges. Supervisor Robust site and content privileges Editor (Content Expert) full privileges for content creation. Editor Full privileges for content creation Reviewer robust content privileges but can only delete own content. Reviewer Robust content privileges but can only delete own content Author create own content. Author Can create own content Researcher search and read privileges only. Researcher Search and read privileges only Access to Private Resources: View Private Resources Module In the table above, Researcher has only search and read privileges, making it one of the possible permission levels to use when requesting review of private resources, for example. (Additionally, permissions can be extended using modules such as the Guest module.) ...

Overview Custom Ontology is a module that allows you to add custom vocabularies when standard ontologies such as LOV, schema.org, and W3C are not available. Its usage is introduced below. https://nakamura196.hatenablog.com/entry/2021/07/24/235050 The above article covers vocabulary creation, but does not address how to update existing vocabularies. This article explains how to update existing vocabularies. Creating a Vocabulary As an example, we will create the following vocabulary. https://omekas.aws.ldas.jp/omeka4/ns/myprefix/ Accessing the above URL will download the following TTL file. Here, we have added a custom property called myprefix:mySpecificProperty. ...

Overview I previously wrote the following article about how to use the “Bulk Import” module for batch registration of metadata (items) and images (media) in Omeka S. https://nakamura196.hatenablog.com/entry/2021/07/28/080952 However, due to updates to Omeka S and its modules, some behaviors differ as of March 2023. In this article, while deferring detailed explanations to the above article, I will re-introduce the workflow from item set registration to media registration. Module Installation Installing Related Modules First, install the following two modules: “Log” and “Generic.” ...

Overview When batch importing metadata (items in Omeka terminology) and images (media in Omeka terminology) into Omeka S, the Bulk Import module is commonly used. https://github.com/Daniel-KM/Omeka-S-module-BulkImport However, it is also possible to register via the REST API provided by Omeka S. This article introduces a program I created for batch image registration using this API. Reason for Development The latest version of the Bulk Import module allows you to choose whether to stop or continue when an error occurs, but older versions of the module do not have this option. As a result, when batch registering images, there were cases where images were missing each time image retrieval failed. ...