Trying Omeka Classic as a Headless CMS

Overview Omeka S and Omeka Classic are very useful tools for building digital archives and for humanities (informatics) research. https://omeka.org/ They come with a REST API as standard and have high extensibility through the addition of modules and plugins. Various existing assets can also be used, including IIIF-related tools, transcription support tools, and tools for handling spatiotemporal information. On the other hand, I (personally) feel that theme development for changing the appearance of sites requires knowledge of PHP and Omeka, making it relatively difficult. On this point, the Headless CMS approach, where the backend and frontend are separated, has been gaining popularity in recent years. ...

July 8, 2022 · 2 min · Nakamura