I've not talked about this a whole lot publicly yet, but the IMA has developed a mobile tour platform that we've used internally for exhibitions here at the museum. We are committed to releasing this platform as an open source option for museums to use in constructing their own mobile tours.
The system, called TAP, consists of a Drupal-based Content Management System (CMS) that authors can use to construct and preview tours. The CMS will output a platform neutral metadata and content bundle which can be used to drive mobile experiences on a number of clients as well as traditional web platforms... We are also planning on releasing an iPod-Touch based app that interprets this middleware and produces a keypad-style multimedia tour. You can read more about TAP here: http://www.imamuseum.org/interact/tap and here: http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/projects/indianapolis-museum-of-art <http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/projects/indianapolis-museum-of-art>We call the metadata spec - TourML - and have released it here: http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/products-services/tourml <http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/products-services/tourml>Our overall software architecture is described here: http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/software-architecture-proposal <http://wiki.museummobile.info/museums-to-go/software-architecture-proposal>And a demonstration of the system will be given at this year's Museums and the Web conference in Denver. See http://archimuse.com/mw2010/abstracts/prg_335002400.html <http://archimuse.com/mw2010/abstracts/prg_335002400.html>It's likely that an open-source release of TAP will occur in the next few weeks prior to the MW conference. There are several museums who have expressed interest in using this platform for their own development efforts, and our goal is to build up a community platform that can be built and contributed to over time. Please feel free to follow up w/me directly and ask questions if this seems interesting to you. Sincerely, Rob -- *Robert Stein* Chief Information Officer *Indianapolis Museum of Art* 4000 Michigan Road Indianapolis, IN 46208-3326 T 317-923-1331 x244 F 317-931-1978 rstein at imamuseum.org http://www.imamuseum.org On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Chad Petrovay <chad.petrovay at themim.org>wrote: > Museum's may be providing the content, but if you are creating the > framework for the application, you are providing a valuable service. > Consider that ArtStor collects content from museums, and charges a > considerable sum for institutions to have access ( > http://www.artstor.org/interested-in-participation/i-html/be-museum-fee.shtml), > because they provide the framework and the support. Surely, there is no harm > in charging users a nominal fee for the app. > > You may also want to look into the PhoneGap (http://phonegap.com/) > development tool. > > > Chad Petrovay | Collections Database Administrator > MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ 85050 > 480.478.6000 main | 480.478.6058 direct | 480.471.8690 fax | > www.themim.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > MuseumPods > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:09 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Museum Community iPhone App > > I appreciate the stats and agree. To be honest this is a rather time > consuming and costly venture for me and it is not a revenue stream at > all. I don't think it is ethical for me to $ charge for apps on iTunes > considering museums are providing free content for subscribers. My > only other option is to charge museums a nominal fee to help with > development costs for other apps at some point. I'm really surprised > at the amount of museums that want to participate. > > Chad Petrovay wrote: > > >According to Canalys, in 2009 iPhones only had a 15% market share of > smartphones. I hope that your platform will expand to include additional > mobile OS's like Sybian (47% m/s), RIM (21% m/s), or Android (5% m/s and > growing). > > > >(Source of data http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone, > http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/02/apples-smart-phone-market-share-dips-despite-strong-sales.ars, > > http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/googles-android-is-quickly-gaining-smartphone-market-share/19353103/ > ) > > > > > >Chad Petrovay | Collections Database Administrator > >MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Boulevard | Phoenix, AZ > 85050 > >480.478.6000 main | 480.478.6058 direct | 480.471.8690 fax | > www.themim.org > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > MuseumPods > >Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:48 AM > >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > >Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Community iPhone App > > > >Hello, > > > ><> > >I am looking for some museums interested in participating in a museum > >community based iPhone app. It will allow multiple museums to upload > >content from a variety of social platforms. 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