Historical documentation
HyperImage 3 was the final development branch of the HyperImage software line. A public beta combined the established Java-based authoring environment with an increasingly browser-based HTML5/JavaScript publication and administration stack.
Development of this branch has ended. Its goal of a modern, browser-based and backwards-compatible research environment is now continued in Yenda.
The information below documents the historical HyperImage 3 architecture, implemented functionality and development plans. It is retained for existing installations, reproducibility and the history of the project.
Development goals documented at the time
- Editor and Reader functionality will be combined, allowing projects to be edited and presented using just the one application.
- The lighttable editor will be integrated into the main GUI.
- The network of associations between all elements of a project can be displayed on a scrollable canvas.
- Projects will be exported into a standardised XML format for archiving or processing by other applications.
- A plugin architecture will provide access to functionality and data supplied by external systems.
The HyperImage 3 Research Environment consists of the following main components:
- HyperImage Server (Java WebService)
- HyperImage Editor (v3.0: Java Webstart, v3.1: HTML5 & JavaScript)
- HyperImage Publication PreViewer (HTML5 & JavaScript)
- HyperImage Reader Publication Export (HTML5 & JavaScript)
- HyperImage Reader (HTML5/JavaScript)
- HyperImage System Administration (HTML5 & JavaScript)
Details can be found in our roadmap.
