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Rerum Playground

Overview​

This is a web space that uses the RERUM installation at the Walter J. Ong, S.J. Center for Digital Humanities to explore the possibilities of interoperable tools and standards. By using the Tiny Things sandbox, users can immediately create reusable JSON-LD objects that conform to IIIF and Web Annotation standards and find new ways to interact with them. It can use devstore (sandbox) Tinydev as a proxy server. The tools are helpful with transcription, annotation, Geolocator ( Providing a URI and picking point coordinates for that) etc.

Information​

  • Source Code:

  • Client

    • Patrick Cuba github
    • Bryan Haberberger github

  • Current Tech Lead: Lalith Adithya Reddy Avuthu githublinkedin

  • Developers:

    • Haneen AlSewari github
    • Hayden Karl github
    • Samuel Sheppard github
    • Bryan Haberberger github (alumni)
    • Patrick Cuba github (alumni)

  • Start Date: June 2020

  • Adoption Date: Aug 2024

  • Technologies Used:

    • Tech Stack: Web development (RERUM APIs)
    • Key Languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Backend services (TBD)

  • Type: Web application

  • License: Primary Developers: Bryan Haberberger and Patrick Cuba © 2023 Research Computing Group at Saint Louis University

User Guide​

Rerum Playground​

RERUM Playground is a web-based toolset enabling users to work with IIIF manifests and JSON-LD objects. Users can bring their own manifest or create one within the playground, then use the listed tools to visualize, edit, and redirect the manifest to other compatible applications.

Overview​

This project allows users to create, interact with, and manage IIIF-compliant JSON-LD objects, with an intuitive interface.

Key Features​

Manifest Handling: Import or create IIIF manifests.

Tool Integration: Choose tools to interact with manifests, redirecting to compatible applications.

Technical Information​

Technical Overview​

Overview of the software architecture.

Architecture

The "RERUM Playground" project is a web application designed to interact with the RERUM API. It consists of various components organized into frontend, services, and static assets. The frontend includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files to display and manage the user interface, such as tools, manifests, and configurations. The project also uses services like manifest storage and tool management, ensuring smooth user interaction and functionality. Static assets such as images and styles are stored separately. The GitHub repository for this project is here, and it follows a well-structured approach to maintain all code and assets within designated folders like web/js for scripts and web/images for visuals. This structure ensures the application is modular, easy to maintain, and scalable.

Development Priorities​

  • A sharable playground. Every tool should have a link to share their work build with that.
  • An option to upload/fetch the users manifest files (If they want to edit/start a new manifest we are building a manifest editor for that).
  • Rerum tools page.
  • CI/CD Workflows

Get Involved​

If you would like to contribute to this project, please visit our GitHub page to create your own issues or pull requests.