HPAC DE Internet Software
HPAC DE is the new on line data entry system from House of Images which provides access to data and images from any computer with internet access. This means that those with the necessary permissions can access, edit and add data and images from any internet computer. This is ideal for organisations with geographically disparate sites which may need to pool and share their resources since the system can be administered and accessed from anywhere. New database records and images can be instantly added to the front end web site by both the administrator and authorised users.
HPAC DE provides multi level access which gives an administrator the tools to provide password controlled access at field level allowing data entry operators to be given permissions to enter metadata in selected fields within sub-sets of data.
HPAC DE conforms to all the requirements of the Dublin Core initiative and can also be set up to conform to the requirements of SPECTRUM museum standard.
The benefits of using HPAC DE include the following:
1. No additional internal IT resource is required as HPAC DE is hosted on managed secure servers and House of Images provide the neccessary skills to maintain the application. All data is encrypted to provide maximum security.
2. No dedicated hardware is needed to run the system
3. There is no software to install internally and administrators can control the system from any PC.
4. All software upgrades/changes are installed by House of Images, normally without disruption.
5. Data back ups can be provided by House of Images, the system allows the administrator to provide their own back ups in a variety of formats.
6. The House of Images system offers considerable performance benefits over an application installed on a WAN which can have slow delivery speeds compared to connecting to the internet.
7. HPAC DE uses the standard MySQL database platform.
8. Data can be exported from HPAC DE in a number of formats including XML and CSV.
9. All data is totally secure with access controlled by the system administrator.
10. Data can be imported into HPAC DE in a variety of formats.
11. No specialist skills are required by users and House of Images provide all necessary training.
12. Every action is auditable, the audit trail can be exported to a separate file for recovery if preferred.