KE Emu   Electronic Museum 

URL: 

www.kesoftware.com/emu

Source of information: 

website & feedback to questionnaire 

Last updated:   

July 2003 

Contact 

Name:  

John Doolan 

information 

Address: 

57 University Street, 

Carlton  VIC  3053  

Australia 

Email:  

John.Doolan@kesoftware.com 

Availability 

Available by subscription. Subscribing users do have access to a very broad 

and cost 

range of Web resources including free access to new versions of the 

software. KE EMu is licensed by the number of concurrent users on a single 

server, starting with two concurrent users 

Specialization  General collection management including biological objects (all taxa), that 

by taxonomic 

is configured to the needs of the institution. The catalogue supports multiple 

group 

disciplines, each with their own field structure. Supported disciplines:  

Invertebrates  

Vertebrates (mammalogy, herpetology, ichthyology, ornithology)  

Mineral Sciences, including petrology, mineralogy, meteorites, volc 

anoes and eruptions (with supporting modules, e.g. chemical analyses)  

Botany, including herbarium and living collections (incl. propagation)  

Palaeobiology, with vertebrate, invertebrate and botanic palaeontology  

Entomology  

Anthropology 

Computing 

Client on Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP. Apple Mac client via 

platform 

terminal server. Server Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP. 

Scalability 

Many millions of records possible. Database system is 

KE Texpress

. 

Data import 

Data conversion carried out by KE from any file format, preferred are TAB 

capabilities  

delimited ASCII files and contemporary database formats. 

Data export 

The default export format is XML. Other export formats include CSV, Tab 

capabilities  

delimited, as an ODBC data source, HTML, KE Texpress format 

Size and 

Several installations in large natural history museums, see 

distribution of  http://www.kesoftware.com/clients region.html for the list of installations 

user base 

Source of user  Product base documentation is available at 

documentation  http://emuhelp.kesoftware.com/master/en/index.htm. It is augmented with 

additional information related to a specific implementation (e.g. inclusion of 

gazetteer or sites modules plus details of a customised design). An example 

of the product documentation augmented in this way can be found at 

http://emuhelpnmnh.mel.kesoftware.com/. 

Database 

The product documentation incorporates data dictionary information (under 

model 

the Modules chapter). For example, the data dictionary for the Catalogue 

documentation  component of the NMNH product documentation can be seen at 

http://emuhelpnmnh.mel.kesoftware.com/Modules/Catalogue/field_tech.htm

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