Metatecture Files

Metatecture - Architecture Muesum Metadata Project - (AMMP)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/metatecture/

------------------------------------------------------------

Metatecture is a Web Based (ASP.Net, C#) front end data entry
system with a MSSQL backend database.  It is an ANDS-Funded 
project that was tailor made to suit the University of South
Australia's Architecture Museum, to store and export it's 
metadata to Research Data Australia (RDA).

--------------------
System Requirements:
--------------------

- Windows Platform Server with IIS 6+
- ASP.Net Framework 3.5+
- MSSQL Database 2005+ (can be adapted to any database system)


Reccomended:
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
- ASP.Net 4


-------
Usage:
-------

The provided project can be opened and should run in Visual Studio 2010,


Classes that interact with the database will require a data connection
to an appropriate database, (in this case, MSSQL).  

SQL scripts have ben provided to setup the schema and associated 
Stored Procedures / Views on a MSSQL database.  

Database inserts, updates, and deletes and selects are actioned with stored procedures
on the database, but can be adapted.  

Web forms and related elements have bene tailor made for this project, but 
with some re-working, could be adapted.(not recommended)

-----------------
Notes / Warnings:
-----------------
XML transformation classes will need data tables, or data sets 
provided to perform the transformation to RIF-CS.

Due to copyright, some elements have been removed, but this should
not effect the overall application. 
Removed Classes:
-MessageDialogue: a class that prompts the user with a dialogue. (not essential for operation)

The Ajax Control Toolkit (v3.5) is used throughout the web forms, and can be 
downloaded from codeplex.

Some searching functions will require full-text indexes to be configured in MSSQL
either using command line or the SqlServer management tools