BTW Zetcom's MuseumPlus also works with Oracle (in fact this seems to be the more common deployment), though the Ashmolean's installation of MuseumPlus (version 5.5) is running on Microsoft SQL Server. At the Ashmolean we have a series of extraction and import processes which export object data from the underlying MuseumPlus SQL Server database, then import it into a MySQL database connected to an implementation of Keepthinking's CMS for delivery of collections information online (at least for these sites, currently: http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org and http://ruskin.ashmolean.org ), though we're not (yet) using the current version of Keepthinking's Qi system. Hope this helps! Paul On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Cristiano Bianchi < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > From experience from working with them, Mimsy XG works with Oracle, Museum+ > with SQL Server and TMS with both, as far as I can tell. Our own Qi has > been developed on open source databases, currently MySQL and PostgreSQL > (and tested with Virtuoso). From the end of July, it will be usable with MS > SQL and Oracle natively and others over ODBC. > http://www.keepthinking.it/qi/ > > Best, Cristiano > > > > On 8 May 2012 23:40, Arran Bevington-King <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am attempting a little research to look at the different types of > > database in use within existing collections management systems. > > > > for example: > > > > Adlib - MS-SQL Server, Oracle or Adlib DBMS database > > MODES - XML > > > > Having looked at several websites for the individual manufacturers, they > > do not all present this information. > > > > So, before I embark on an email quest to seek this information I was > > curious to know if there is anyone here that may be able to assist me? > > > > Thank you > > Arran > > > > **************************************************************** > > website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ > > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup > > [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ > > **************************************************************** > > > > > > -- > -- > > Cristiano Bianchi > Keepthinking > > Third Floor > 43 Clerkenwell Road > London EC1M 5RS > > **************************************************************** > website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup > [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ > **************************************************************** > -- Paul Groves Project Manager *Eastern Art Online: Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art* Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Oxford Beaumont Street Oxford OX1 2PH W: jameelcentre.ashmolean.org E: [log in to unmask] T: +44 (0)1865 278 289 Skype: pgroves999 Twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_gr0ves LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/pgroves Open: Tuesday–Sunday 10–6 (closed on Mondays) Information: T: +44(0)1865 278 000 / W: www.ashmolean.org For disclaimer see http://www.ashmolean.org/email/ ………………………………………………………………………... *Save Manet for the Public* Edouard Manet’s *Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus*** On display at the Ashmolean until August 2012 Show your support for the Museum’s campaign to save the painting by signing our petition or making a gift online: *www.ashmolean.org/manet* ………………………………………………………………………... **************************************************************** website: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ukmcg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/museumscomputergroup [un]subscribe: http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************