Functionality
Geared towards user-friendliness
- The layout corresponds in clarity to human logic
- It provides the greatest clarity of structure through a single scrollable form
- Logically arranged topic areas allow processing in sequence
- Additional processing steps can be added as special forms
Time savings through a rational approach
- Restriction of possible data fields to approx. 30 effective entries, only requested items need to be entered
- Avoiding an accumulation of entries e.g. lending data is only entered at the time of the actual occurrence
- Frugal yet intelligent standards control standardises only those elements that are useful in a search query
- Copy and transfer functions that support a rational approach
- Mass editing
Everyone is involved
- Because of the simplicity of handling, every staff member available can contribute without an additional special training
- Internet technology also enables external partners to be involved
- Further processing forms facilitate the co-operation between different departments
- All common work activities in the museum sector are supported
Communicating instead of disciplining
The intelligent integration of the Standardised Keyword File (Schlagwortnormdatei/SWD) of the German National Library as the largest and most famous resource in the German-speaking area provides access to 1.3 million groups of terms. Own terms can be assigned to an existing auxiliary or superordinated term of the SWD. This makes the strict use of rigid thesauri obsolete in favour of a communication about logical groups of terms regarding their content.
The computer as a service provider
- To provide programmable conveniences was of greatest importance
- Light table
- Research datasets
- Freely selectable search lists
- Custom research data records
- Integrated address management
- Object-specific to-do list
- Support of project-specific activities
Cosmopolitanism
The use of intelligent unicode technology on the database level enables the multilingual use of the system at any point.
Self-learning reference lists
All reference lists of standardised entries are either self-learning or can be maintained by the users themselves in an editorial screen.
Individuality and co-operation in a museum association
- One shared basic data record for all associated buildings or collections
- Special data records allow individually required fields
- Individual layout per museum within the association
Static data records – Dynamic research
A ‘tool set’ that can be easily used, enables privileged users to add their own research data record to the basic data set. Future tasks are, thereby, already supported today.
Compatibility instead of hermetical systems
robotron*Daphne was developed for daily use. The optimal utilisation of the computer leads to minimisation and facilitation of the daily human work.
The management system only requires a few relational allocation tables, in which the standardised written form significantly facilitates the data transfer to other systems.
Internet – Broad public access
The information on selected objects of interest for the general public can be researched and displayed on the internet. For this purpose, these objects must be released by authorised staff members per mouse click via robotron*Daphne.
