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Gustaf A. MossakowskiDipl.-Ing. Architect

KOENIGE data & design

RWTH Aachen UniversityFaculty of Architecture

media.REIFF

A Media Database


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2002 ACDC: Afghanistan Site Register

Digitization of a Gazetteer by Warwick Ballet al (1978); Microsoft Access databasewith map interfaceVery project specific structure, map displayrather basic, Windows OS only

2003/4 ACDC: Mohenjo-Daro Image Browserpublished 1997; Reproductions of theSindh Volumes 19161940 + Old/New-Series and Aerialshots 19791984; Genera-ted but static HTML pages on CD-ROMProject specific structure and display, notmany links, difficult to update, no real da-

tabase because it was on CD-ROM

History. Why did we develop this database?

2004/5 ACDC: Afghanistan MonumentsPhotographs and sketch mapsfrom campaigns 2003/5;Object database, web-basedCategories were introduced but hardcodedwhich did not allow for much flexiblity

OriginalPhotographsandRepro

s

1979-84MichaelJansen

MapofAfghanistan2001Tom

Raben-

horst(UMBC)andRaySterner(JHUAPL)

Photographandsketchmapcreated

2003byNajebullahinthesurveyby

AC

DC,

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History. Why did we develop this database?

2004/5 ACDC: ACIS

Oracle database developed by Chair forComputer Science 5License fees apply for database

2008/10 Faculty of Architecture: media.REIFFPlatform for student work at the Facultyof Architecture financed through studentfunds; Object database, web-based

2010/11 ACDC: Afghanistan Site RegisterTransfer to media.REIFF

2011/12 Denkmalpflege: Aachen Architectural

GuideStudents researching listed buildings

2012 ACDC: Mohenjo-Daro Sindh Volumesfunded by DFG Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft in the project ProjektRepository

2013 ACDC: Inventory of Cultural Propertyin the Province of Sindh, Pakistanfunded by the German Foreign Ministry

ReproductionofSindhVolumephotographs

1979-84MichaelJansen

DatafromBall1982,

Mapdata

2013GoogleInc.


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Objects, properties and Linked Data

Names

ACDC/Monuments/AF/GHO/1(-id)Minaret of Jam (eng)((far ((ara

Dates

12th Century (built)

Coordinates

3423N / 6431O (WGS 84)

URI

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/211

Address

...

Description

The 65m-tall Minaret of Jam is a grace-ful, soaring structure, dating back to the12th century. Covered in elaborate brick-work with a blue tile inscription at thetop, it is noteworthy for the quality of itsarchitecture and decoration, which repre-sent the culmination of an architecturaland artistic tradition in this region. [...]

Links (parents)

Shakrak(inside of district)1956-DAFA-3 survey1959-Cambridge-Universitytopogra-phical survey1961-IsMEO-2architectural survey...

Ball1982bCatalogue (Archaeolo-

gical Gazetteer of Afghanistan).Reference (Site No. 468) (chap-ter, source)...

Links (children)

Description ImageACDC/Field-work/2005-ICOMOS/AF-2005-26/5

Plan

andsection1982WarwickBall,

descriptiontextfromUNESCO

web

site,photographs2005SayedMaiel/ACDC/ICOMOS/SPACH


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Objects, properties and Linked Data

Object(file, folder, meta) Other Object(s)

describes

child of

inside of

possible links

Times Coordinates

further properties

Names URIs

Scope of linking, choice of properties, of languages etc. can be re-stricted to make it easier for non-experts to enter data.

Each object is identified internally by an ID an externally by a URLwhich consists of the server name and an identifier.

(Linked Data)


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Objectrelations: Relation Types


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Categories, Classes, Ontology

Metadata

PublicationsPersonsOrganisationsFoldersSitesBuildings (+subclasses Sacred, Military etc.)...

Files

Photographs TIFF, JPEG, RAW, ...Maps TIFF, PNG, ...Text documents PDF, DOC, ...Videos AVI, MP4, ...Audio MP3, ...CAD drawings DWG, DXF, SKP, ......

Example: Publication

Properties:

children will be shown as tabular listhas time of creationhas time of publication

Linked Data:Publication is part of listPerson is creator of publication

(roles: author, editor)Publication is part of publicationPhotograph is part of publication...

Example: Photograph

Properties:

has coordinate (position of photograph)has file: Master Archivehas file: Optimized

has file: Master Monitorhas file: 600px Thumbnail, 160px Thumbnailhas time of creationhas time of digital reproduction

Linked Data:

Photograph was created by personPhotograph describes monument

...


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Categories, Classes, Ontology

Organisation

Persons and Groups

Person

PublicationJournals, Books, Ar-ticles, Newspapers,Unpublished Files

EventExcavations,Field work

Filmanalogue or digital

CountryISO 3166-1

PoliticalSubdivision

ISO 3166-2 etc.

Sources (and media) Locations of Interest Political Locations

Localitygeonames.org etc.

Site

Monument

element/inside of

memberof

describes

creator/source

creator/source

creator/source

element/inside of

creator/source

creator/source

creator/source

association

member of

element/

insideof

element/inside of

element/inside of

association

element/inside of

part ofpartof

memberof

+all media files

+all media filesdates: begin/end

+media files (index,

map, photography)

coordinates

coordinates

dates: birth/death

part of

hascollection

from

partof


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DK-B= Dikshit, Section BFieldbook no. 1909

A stone bust of abearded nobleman

Location: 22o/22Level: 4 6

Digital Artefacts

O1R01102.jpg,O2R00703.jpg,O2R01830.jpg

CD-Publication 1997ISBN 3-929832-03-8

media.REIFFproject database

German ResearchProject Mohenjo-Daro(Michael Jansen)

R(D) 1981/011/02R(MD) 1982/007/03R(MD) 1982/018/3024x36mm

Sind Volume VIII,entry 0400-0401

A stone statuetteNo. 1909, Priest-king

~ 25001500 BC

found 1925-01-09

Photos 1925/1926

Repro 1981/1982

Scans 1996/97

Scans 2011/12

Semantic coverage FileMetadata

Reproduction of Sindh Volume photographs 1981-82 Michael Jansen, Slide 2011 Georgios Toubekis


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Files

User generated

Master archive filesOptimised filesMetadata files (XMP)

Automatically created

Master monitor filesSurrogate monitor files

600x600 px Thumbnails160x160 px Thumbnails

...

PDF -> first page to PNGTIFF -> JPEGMP4 -> First frame to JPEG...

Filetypes

TIFFJPEGAVIDWG

DXFPNG...

Information about files

Size 1920 px * 2560 pxResolution 300 dpi * 300 dpi

Colour Channels 3 * 8 bitFile Size 1070116 bytes

EXIF metdataIPTC metadataXMP metadata

+ extra fileserver+ regular backup+ integrity check/duplicate check with hash (md5, sha1),

e. g. ee4d0e6670aafe246a8e8f5c2afe82f1


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User and rights mangement

Login via

LDAP server

Single Sign On (SSO) + LDAP

Local authentication

IP address (for servers)

Each user is a member of one or more groups(local groups, groups on LDAP server).

Access can be granted or revoked on aper folder basis. All rights will be inheritedthrough the hierarchical folder structure.

Access rights are cached for performance rea-

sons.

low

high


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Entry of data

Each object can be added via a form withproperties (times, coordinates, etc.) depen-

ding on the category of the object.

For the mass import of files and folders, animport module exists. This works with aSamba server. @todo: add WebDAV serversupport.

Data can be imported and synchronized on

demand from foreign sources:- ISO 3166 country codes- Seminars from the Faculty of Architecture- Import of Afghanistan Site Register- Import of Mohenjo Daro CD-ROM

(Form for monuments)


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Data export

ZIP ZIP-Archive with all images below a folder

PDF e. g. PDF-Export of Sindh Volume Book(example shown)

KML KML-Export for Google Earth/Maps(example shown)

CSV CSV-Export (for Excel etc.) of Sindh Volumedata for ProjektRepository

JSON Integration into Websites, e. g.big.arch.rwth-aachen.de/showroom/(example shown)

XML for InDesign

Allows to use the media database as a di-rect source for InDesign documents

MediaRSS RSS-Syndication for media formats


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THE SINDHVOLUMES

A publication of the excavation archivefrom Mohenjo-Daro

covering the years 19221940

The complete text according to photographs, plans and objectsBased on the UNESCO publication from 1997

(ISBN 3-929832-03-8)

Aachen Center for Documentation and ConservationProf. Michael Jansen

XI 0298VS (O2R02510)Misc. objects Nos. VS 3175 ?,

1957 (stone rings), 74, 3046

(O2R02510) XI 0299DK,DM,VS (O2R02511)Typical potsherds Nos. DK 455,

1016, DM 178, 197, 895, DK ?, VS200, DK 711

(O2R02511)

XI 0300SD (O2R02512)An inscribed rim from some

earthen pot No. SD 2685

(O2R02512) XI 0301L (O2R02513)T. C. figurines Nos. L 722, 4, 76,

?, ?, ?

XI 0302L (O2R02514)T. C. animals Nos. L 1155, 1057,

268, 1157, 1143, 350, 796, 1131,1066, 1064, 1065, 1135

XI 0303L (O2R02515)T. C. animals Nos. L 797, 65,1108, 918, 32, 1063, 187, 606,

241, 872

XI 0304DK,VS,HR,SD (O2R02516)T. C. animals Nos. B 396, VS2667, C 629, VS 9404, SD 2184,

HR-A 36

(O2R02516) XI 0305DK,HR-A,VS (O2R02517)T. C. animals Nos. B 218, VS ?, D61, HR-A 45, HR-A 2186,

HR-A737, C 676, HR-A 69

(O2R02517) XI 0306DK,VS (O2R02518)T. C. figures Nos. DK 248?, VS1957, VS 2165, VS 429, VS 2276,

VS 33, DK 1380, VS 1997, VS

2045

(O2R02518) XI 0307L (O2R02519)Misc. stone objects Nos. L 234,1180, 578

The Sindh Volumes XI (19261927) 151

Example:Export of specific data as a PDF for print, currently 428 pages, more than 4000 images. Each prin-tout is up to date and reflects the current database content. (ACDC Prof. Michael Jansen, 2012)

Reproduction of Sindh Volume photographs 1979-84 Michael Jansen


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Example:Export of data as a KML file (or KMZ file with preview images)Screenshots from Google Earth, 2013 Google Inc.


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Example:Dynamic integration of data into the facultys content management system to present student work(drawings, photographs and videos) on a webpage (Chair for Visual Form, Prof. Thomas Schmitz, 2009)

Screenshotfrombig.arch.rwth-aachen.de,LehrstuhlfrBildnerischeGestaltung,Prof.ThomasSchm

itzandstudents


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Search

Currently, there are two possibilites for searching:

- general search (topper right corner): searches fornames and descriptions of objects, inherited infor-mation will be found as well (e. g. name of a mo-

nument might find photographs of a monument aswell); currently, only file objects will be found

- folder based search (below list) will search for allobjects inside one folder

Filters allow to jump directly to objects starting witha certain letter or belonging to a certain category.

For the project in Sindh province, an automaticaltext extraction tool was created. It allows to showdifferent keywords in different languages and tosearch through them.


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Word list, automaticallyextracted from all titlesand descriptions.

Reproduction of Sindh Volume

photograph 1981 Michael Jansen


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ZugzwangProject

zzwrap (CMS)zzform (forms)

zzbrick (templating)

Software

Apache 2webserver

MySQL 5database

PHP 5scriptinglanguage

ImageMagickimage editing

GhostScriptPDF, PS, EPS

UFRawRAW photos

CutyCaptwebscreenshots

ExifTool

metadataMarkdown

simple markup

ffmpegvideos

HTML webpages Maps:

OpenLayers Database forms

with support fromvxJS JavaScript

Export formats JSON XML

KMLMediaRSS

CSV

Files ZIP download

Documents for print(generated PDFs)

tfpdfPDF library

Samba file server

Authentication(e. g. LDAP)

Server side software Client sideServer side scripts

Media

database

scriptstemplateslayout files

(CSS & icons)

filesdatabase tables

groups & users


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Featured Projects

Architekturfhrer fr Aachen, 20112014(Architectural Guide for Aachen)

Project of the Department for Conservation, RWTH Aachen University(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege)Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Lohmann, Prof. Dr. Christian Raabe

Research and own documentation of students during four semesters:

Winter 2011/12: 19191945 (Aachen between the wars)Summer 2012: 19001918Winter 2012/13: 19461970

Winter 2013/14: 1971today

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Map OpenStreetMap contributors

di REIFF


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Map OpenStreetMap contributors, Photograph RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten

di REIFF


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Map OpenStreetMap contributors, text by Christoph Klanten

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Photographs RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten, Illustration 1927 Erwin Kropp and others

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Photographs RWTH Aachen, Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Denkmalpflege, Christoph Klanten, Maps are from the Aachen city administration

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Featured Projects

Afghanistan Site Register, 20032012

Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)

Aachen Center for Documentation and ConservationDipl.-Ing. Georgios Toubekis, Prof. Dr. Michael Jansen

with support from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)funded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

Database of Afghan monuments and sites based on data collected from the

Archaeological Gazeteer of Afghanistan by Warwick Ball, Paris 1982 andother sources.

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Excerpt from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.

The existing database in book form.

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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al., Map data 2013 Google Inc.

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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.

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Text from book Archeaological Gazetteer of Afghanistan 1982 Warwick Ball et al.

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Maps and Sketches 1982 Warwick Ball et al; Photograph 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH

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Featured Projects

Photodocumentation of theCultural Heritage of Afghanistan 2005

Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University

(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)Aachen Center for Documentation and ConservationProf. Michael Jansen, Georgios Toubekis

with support from the Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture, the Society for the Preservation on Afghanistan Cultural Heritage(SPACH) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

funded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

Training of young Afghani experts for the documentation of the cultural heritage ofAfghanistan.

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Photograph 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH

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Map and photographs 2005 Sayed Maiel / ACDC / ICOMOS/ SPACH

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Featured Projects

Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Sindh Province,Pakistan

Project of the Department for Urban History, RWTH Aachen University

(Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Stadtbaugeschichte)Aachen Center for Documentation and ConservationProf. Michael Jansen, Georgios Toubekis, Karsten Ley, Martin Hamburg,Luca Liehner, Simon Adenauer & Gustaf Mossakowskiin collaboration with the Heritage Foundation of PakistanYasmeen Lari, Mariyam Nizam and othersfunded by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

Database of structures and sites in the Sindh province, Pakistan, to supportthe management of the cultural heritage through the Government of Sindh.

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Satellite imagery 2013 DigitalGlobe, photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan

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Photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan

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Map data 2013 Google Inc., photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan

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Satellite imagery 2013 DigitalGlobe, photographs 2013 ACDC/HF/Sindh Government, by Imtiaz Domki and Farea Khan

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Thank you for your attention


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Thank you for your attention.

If you have further questions, feel free to contact me:

Gustaf A. Mossakowski

[email protected]@koenige.org

KOENIGE data & designThomashofstrasse 6, 52070 Aachen, Germanyhttp://www.koenige.org