Fluid Engage release overview

Engage 0.1

projected release Quarter 3, 2009
Fluid Engage Roadmap Q3

Features

• Import data from museums into Engage-specific database from XML and CSV
• Museum data feed directly from/to Couch DB
• On an iPhone, users can:
  1. Browse a collection of objects
  2. View information and pictures about an individual object
  3. Add tags to an object

Components

• CollectionBrowse
• Tag
• ArtifactView

Services

• Data importer
• Couch DB database
• Simple server-side deployment environment (Kettle)

Mobile Development Tools

• mFSS theme for iPhone
• ScreenNavigator component to provide native-like navigation on iPhone

Engage 0.3

projected release Quarter 4, 2009

Components

• Search
• MyCollection
• Refinements to Browse, ArtifactView, Tag
  • Support for different types of content and collections, e.g. special exhibits and featured objects
  • Deeper integration of components into a holistic mobile UX
• Preliminary MapDisplay: show a vector-based map tagged with information of interest

Services

• User interface for importing data
• Ability to access data feeds without using Couch DB (eg. for McCord)
• Search service: Lucene plus REST interface for Lucene

Mobile Development Tools

• mFSS theme for Android

Engage 0.5

projected release Quarter 1, 2010

Components

• More solid MapDisplay
• Refinements and deeper integration of Browse, Search, View, Tag, Collect

Services

• TMS importer service of some kind

Engage "Labs"

• Map authoring tool
• Experimental 2D barcode support: ability to take a picture and see the ArtifactView page for it