New Media Initiatives

Content reuse for multiple output devices

11/11/04
Presented by the New Media Initiatives staff of the Walker Art Center
Brent Gustafson – #
Eric Williams – #
Nate Schroeder – #

• Brief history of the Walker online
• Goals for the redesign
• Implementation strategies
• Technical choices
  • Database
  • Languages
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• Deciding on an implementation – pros and cons
• Why we decided on XML with Ax Kit?
• What exactly is XSL and how does it work?
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• Implementation: examples of the technology in action
  • Walker sites
    • calendar, learn, garden
    • HTML email
    • Press/Visit/About
  • Admin system
  • Image Administration and re-use
  • Importing XML into Flash
• Specifics
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  • Hardware / software on the servers
  • Opensource modules to extend Ax Kit?
• Reality Check – how it’s actually working out
  • Issues we have, ideas and plans for the future
• Benefits we’re seeing
• Summary
• Questions and discussion

Support documents, images, and links can be found on the New Media wiki