Thank you Dennis, Do you have any good examples of websites powered by Arches that catalogue works of architecture or other cultural heritage?
Best wishes, Richard > On 25 Jan 2016, at 18:45, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > Welcome to the Arches community. > > Good question concerning the learning curve for web developers. A moderately > experienced developer should have no problem working with Arches’ default > architecture and front-end web application. > > Arches back-end is also based on modern, standard technologies. The one > wrinkle on the backend: Arches uses a graph data model and the CIDOC CRM to > define “schema” for cultural heritage resources. A traditional developer > might need a bit of time to understand the graph model (FYI, its a very > straightforward effort to understand Arches implementation). > > The CRM is probably the least familiar technology for a developer. The CRM > is an ontology, and is used to describe the meaning of Arches resource data. > You can think of the CRM as helping with defining the data definition for > Arches data. > > For what its worth, we (Farallon Geographics) provide Arches development > services, as well as technical training for developers who want to quickly > master Arches. > > Hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me if you need more detailed > information. > > Cheers, > > Dennis > >> On Jan 25, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Richard Wilding <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> I am project manager for a new 'gazetteer' which will catalogue the works by >> a leading late 19th / early 20th century architect. This will consist of a >> back-end database allowing our editors to enter a range of metadata >> (location, date, client, building type, image etc.) for each work, and also >> a front-end website which will allow the public to browse and search through >> these same works. >> >> If I wish to appoint a developer who already has experience of building >> database projects to catalogue cultural heritage, and I want to recommend >> Arches as a suitable platform, how likely is it that they will be able to >> get up-to-speed quickly with Arches to create a back-end and front-end >> website? >> >> Alternatively, how can I go about finding a specialist Arches developer? >> >> >> Thanks and best wishes, >> >> Richard Wilding >> >> -- >> -- To post, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. For more information, >> visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >> <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Arches Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
