Richard: Check out the following sites:
HistoricPlacesLA, the Los Angeles Historic Resources Inventory: http://historicplacesla.org/ <http://historicplacesla.org/> The Philippine Heritage Map: http://www.philippineheritagemap.org/ <http://www.philippineheritagemap.org/> The Cane River Heritage Inventory and Map: http://crhim.canerivernha.org/ <http://crhim.canerivernha.org/> Cheers, Dennis > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Richard Wilding <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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] <mailto:[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.
