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blocks:app-note:collection-feed [2021-03-22 17:04]
admin [Displaying an External Data Source] 		blocks:app-note:collection-feed [2021-03-24 15:46]
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-Blocks version 5 introduces support for external collection databases. This can be very useful for places like museums, often using such databases to keep track of descriptions, metadata, images and other content related to their artifacts and exhibits.+Blocks version 5 introduces support for external collection databases. This can be very useful for places like museums, often using such databases to keep track of descriptions, metadata, images and other content related to their artifacts and exhibits. Here's Hans Ruedisueli of Bureau Jorwert in The Netherlands – an expert in database-driven presentations – talking about how he uses this feature 5 to integrate external collection databases in presentations made with Blocks.  
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 This application note provides an example of such a solution, showing a number of collections based on openly available data and images published by the [[https://maas.museum|Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences]] in Sydney, Australia. They provide an [[https://maas.museum/api-documentation/overview/graphql/|open API]] for accessing their collection database from anywhere in the world. More commonly, such a collection database is intended for internal access only, although some are open to the public, like this one.  This application note provides an example of such a solution, showing a number of collections based on openly available data and images published by the [[https://maas.museum|Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences]] in Sydney, Australia. They provide an [[https://maas.museum/api-documentation/overview/graphql/|open API]] for accessing their collection database from anywhere in the world. More commonly, such a collection database is intended for internal access only, although some are open to the public, like this one.