Listed below are a selection of user-contributed installation profiles. Some are based on standards and some are
completely custom;
all were designed to meet the functional requirements of real-world projects. Even if none of the
profiles in the library can be used "out-of-the-box" for your project, some may provide development ideas and
useful points of departure for your own profile. Before attempting to decipher the profiles presented here be sure
to familiarize yourself with the profile syntax, as described in the
Building System Installation Profiles
manual.
Note that the profiles listed here are not intended as exemplars of "good design." Many employ
sub-optimal metadata and user interface structures in order to accommodate various legacy and project-specific
requirements. They are presented merely as examples of how previous users have approached systems design
for their particular discipline. Your mileage may vary.
To use a profile listed here with your copy of CollectiveAccess download the desired profile and copy it into
the profiles directory of the installer (Eg. /install/profiles). After reloading the installer start page
the newly installed profile should appear in the profiles drop-down menu.
We encourage you to contribute your own profiles to the library! The more profiles we can share, the easier it will
be for new users to get started with CollectiveAccess. If you want to post your profile here contact us
at support@CollectiveAccess.org.
Art Museums
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI USA
Collections management for an art gallery.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
artworks |
events |
Historical Societies and Museums
Coney Island History Project, Brooklyn, NY USA
Artifact and oral history database for a historical society.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
documents, interviews, motion pictures, objects, photographs, and postcards, with hierarchical sub-types. |
events, exhibitions, bibliographies |
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Profile for custom cultural heritage digital image collection.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| dublin core |
items, hierarchically nested within series/box/volume |
events |
Limerick City Museum, Limerick, Ireland
Museum collections catalogue.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
collections objects |
exhibitions, publications |
Queens Memory Project, Queens NY USA
A profile that combines elements of many different standards for a diverse collection of multimedia and oral histories.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
maps, documents, news clippings, oral histories, wild sounds, images |
events |
Institutional Archives
New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY USA
Institutional archive for digital preservation of program documentation for an art museum.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| dublin core |
collections, datasets, events, images, interactive resources, moving images, physical objects, services, software, sounds, texts |
exhibitions, public programs, education initiatives, publications |
Roundabout Theater Company, New York, NY USA
Digital archive for a theatre company.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
documents, news clippings, merchandise, costumes, props, and media, with hierarchical sub-types |
stage productions, play readings, galas, opening nights, special events, student productions |
White Columns, New York, NY, USA
Archive for an art gallery.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
images, moving images, documents, sounds, invitations, and posters with hierarchical sub-types |
programs, publications with hierarchical sub-types |
Mixed Collections
Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin, Germany: Camera Collection
Profile for the camera collections of the Deutsche Kinemathek
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
documents, equipment |
productions, exhibitions |
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey: Hangar 17 Collection
Implements a system for description, tracking and deaccession of a mixed collection of objects.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
objects |
events |
Moving Images and Time-based Media
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood, CA USA
Development platform for preservation workflows for digital film.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| PBCore, PREMIS |
moving images, supporting assets |
works |
Anthology Film Archives, NY USA
Collection management system for film archive.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
audio, films, paper documents, photographs, videos |
productions |
Oorlog in Blik Project, Amsterdam, Holland
Film and sound database.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| dublin core |
films, sounds |
events |
Natural History Collections
PaleoPortal, UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, California, USA
A system for cataloguing fossil egg shells.
| Metadata Standards | Object Types | Occurrence Types |
| -none- |
specimens |
events |