TAP: A Hybrid CMS-Mobile Tour Architecture for multi-platform interactive content
This document introduces TAP, a hybrid content management system (CMS) and mobile tour platform developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. TAP allows museums to easily author and manage mobile audio and multimedia tours using open-source software. Content is authored in Drupal and delivered to mobile devices using either an iPod Touch app or HTML5 client. The TAP platform uses an open metadata standard called TourML to describe tour content and navigation in a device-independent way. The system's goals are to make authoring easy for museums, provide reusable content modules, and connect with existing museum systems. All of TAP's code and specifications are freely available on Google Code to encourage open collaboration on mobile strategies without proprietary lock-in.
TAP: A Hybrid CMS-Mobile Tour Architecture for multi-platform interactive content
- 1. TAP: A Hybrid CMS Mobile Tour PlatformRobert SteinChief Information OfficerIndianapolis Museum of Artrstein@imamuseum.org@rjstein
- 2. Say Hello to TAPIMA’s Mobile Tour Platform -Sacred Spain Exhibition -Tara Donovan: Untitled -100 Acres (coming soon)
- 3. TAP into TAPFirst-Class Content ManagementOpen-SourceCommunity Owned, Freely AvailableOpen Standards (TourML)Multi-PlatformEasy-to-Use iPod Client
- 7. HTML 5 Client (Coming Soon)
- 8. 3 Goals for Mobile Content managementTappity, Tap… Tap…
- 9. Make AuthoringEasy for Users
- 13. Why Open Source?No existing OS solution dedicated to mobile museum toursWe know software… Still learning about mobile content strategiesNo suitable metadata standard for Mobile ToursDanger of proprietary lock-in and one-off solutions
- 14. Google Codehttp://code.google.com/p/tap-tours/Software DownloadsInstall DocumentationDiscussion GroupsiPod Clients
- 15. TourMLA Platform-Neutral Metadata Spec for Mobile ToursSpec is available for comment / reference from: http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/products-services/tourml
- 16. Types of StopsAudioVideoText / HTML contentImagePollsStopGroups
- 17. Stop AttributesTypeThe type of the stop as described aboveTitleYou guessed it :)IDAunique identifier for the stop, not for humansStopCodeAcode (either numeric or text) which can be entered by visitors to access this stop. This might be a traditional keypad input… the answer to some clue… or an accession number from the collection.Icon (optional)An override of a default stop-type iconGotoAstop reference that should be accessed immediately upon finishing the action of this stop.
- 18. Using TheseSimple BuildingBlocks, You CanBuild All SortsOf Tours
- 19. Enhanced KeypadStop Group CODE: 100Audio Stop CODE: 200Stop Group CODE: 300PollImageAudioVideoStopGroupPollPollPoll
- 20. SoundTracks & SoundBitesGOTO: 200GOTO: 300GOTO: 400GOTO: 500Stop Group CODE: 200Audio Stop CODE: 100Stop Group CODE: 400Audio Stop CODE: 300Audio Stop CODE: 500PollImageAudioVideoStopGroupPollPollPoll
- 21. Choose Your Own AdventureVideoAudioVideoStopGroupAudioGOTOAudioAudioStopGroupGOTOStopGroupAudioGOTOTextGOTOTextAudioStopGroupPollVideoGOTOGOTOGOTO
- 22. Video:SebastianoMainardi: The Science of ArtStop Group:How’d They Do That?Video:Behind The ScenesVideo:Director’s JournalStopGroupStop Group:Wood PanelGOTOStop Group:GessoTextTextTextTextStop Group:Materials and TechniquesImageImageImageImageStop Group:DesignImage:Mainardi AltarpieceStop Group:PaintSebastianoMainardi: The Science of Art
- 23. Let’s Build a TourUp Next…http://imamuseum.org/tapdemo