The Model Application
An Axiell Collections implementation comprises two main components: the Axiell Collections Software and a Model Application. In brief, the Axiell Collections Software is the user interface and all of the functionality and tools it provides for working with your collections data; the Model Application is the data management heart of Axiell Collections and it is available in a range of configurations that support the business processes and collections management needs of different types of collections. In the Standard Model the following configurations are available:
- Archive
- Museum
- Archive+Museum
- XPlus (Archive+Museum+Moving image): this model is intended for film archive organizations.
What happened to the Library configuration?
In earlier Model Applications, a Library configuration was available in combination with Archive and / or Museum, e.g.:
- Archive+Library
- Museum+Library
- Archive+Museum+Library
From the Standard Model onwards, the tools to document and manage special library collections are now included with each configuration by default; in other words, Archive is now effectively Archive+Library.
An essential difference between configurations of the Model Application is the set of data sources The management of a collection can involve a vast amount of information about objects / items / books, people and organizations, events, administration and more. This information is stored as records in data sources. Each data source stores a specific type of information: details about collection items, people, events, loans, and so on. available in each and therefore the business processes supported. The data management needs of museums differ from those of film institutes, which differ again from archives, and so on, and tailored sets of data sources are provided for these different types of collection (starting with specialized catalogues: Moving image catalogue, Object catalogue, Archives catalogue, Library catalogue, and so on). You will find details about each data source here (and in the Managing your collection section you will find topics that guide you through the record creation process in many of the data sources).
Each update to the Model Application introduces new data sources and improves existing data sources, enabling institutions to implement additional or improved collections management business processes and workflows; these updates occur far less frequently than updates to the Axiell Collections software, and the upgrade process is more complex as it may involve changes to underlying data structures.
In short, the data sources available to you will depend on the version and the configuration of the Model Application implemented for your institution.
The easiest way to identify which version of the Model Application is running in your Axiell Collections system is to check the browser tab in which Axiell Collections is running. In this example, Model Application version 5.0 is used by Axiell Collections:
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