Qi by Keepthinking Ltd. - Profile

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Product name

Vendor name

Keepthinking Ltd.

Vendor overview

Website URL

www.qi-cms.com
www.keepthinking.com

Head office

38-40 Southwark Street
London SE1 1UN
United Kingdom
Year founded: 2003
Telephone number: +44 20 7490 5337
Email: info@keepthinking.it Contact Keepthinking's team for general information.
Contact person: Cristiano Bianchi

Product overview

Product description

Qi is a web-based collections, information and asset management solution that allows organisations of any size to manage, publish and share their collection and any other content. Qi can be easily customised to adapt to any type of content and to serve it to diverse audiences, across any number of channels and platforms. Qi is designed for ultimate flexibility, collaboration, ease of use and speed. Qi is Spectrum compliant from the onset and supports every other major international standard such as CDWA, RDA, ISAD(G), MARC 21 and more, meaning that any type of collection can be accommodated. Qi is geared towards management as well as publication and sharing of information, integrating multiple repositories and removing the need for middleware.

Disciplines supported

Any museum, archive and library collection is supported, including art, architecture, archaeology, natural sciences, etc.

Product launch date

2011

Product history

Qi generated from the 18-year experience of Keepthinking to design and develop award winning collections online for museums and archives.

Future development

Fully integrated e-commerce and ticketing.

Demo version

Support

Support methods

Email, telephone.

Support language(s)

English

Support availability and hours

7 a.m. to 11 p.m. UK time.

Support fees

Client support network

Not applicable.

Training

In person and remotely.

System updates and maintenance

New release twice a year in April and October.

Cost

Pricing

Maintenance costs

Additional fees

Data conversion is chargeable based on complexity.

System specifications

Operating systems supported

All, as Qi is a web application.

Underlying database

MySQL

Platform(s)

Mac, PC, Linux, Android and iOS tablets.

Hardware requirements

Regular Mac, PC or tablet.

Staff requirements

No requirement for technical staff.

Plug-ins and/or modules available

Integration with other systems possible with Qi REST API. Integration with Elasticsearch for enterprise search capabilities.

Third-party requirements

Not applicable.

Interoperability

Native REST API and integration with Elasticsearch out of the box.

Accessibility

Compliant with W3C WAI Accessibility Level AA.

Customization

Qi is fully customisable, with the ability to create new tables and fields directly by customers.

Web integration capabilities

Cloud functionality

Server location: Anywhere. We prefer to use Digital Ocean or Amazon AWS, but flexible.
Security protocols: HTTPS over SSL.
Typical or average uptime: 100%
Back-end maintenance procedures and downtime: Scheduled, every 3 weeks.

Browsers supported

All latest three versions of all standard compliant web browsers.

Web-based access for data entry

Full

Web publishing platform

Museums Sites www.museumssites.com, which can be customised and extended to suit any requirement.

Linked open data functionality

Full support, including Getty, Library of Congress, WorldCat, Geonames integration (among others). JSON REST API and Elasticsearch for publishing and ingesting data from other sources.

User groups and security

User profiles

All access is managed at group level. Each user can be a member of one or more Groups.

User groups

Granular access to each table and field in the system, read/write and approve.

Visitor profiles

Read-only profile can be created.

Installations

Not applicable (we don’t understand the question).

Audit trails and/or edit history

Full history of changes is recorded and available for every content type.

Offline access

Not applicable.

Privacy features

Not applicable (we don’t understand the question).

Data migration and stability

Import formats

XML
CSV
Excel
SQL
JSON

Export formats

XML
Word
Excel
SQL
JSON

Backups

Standards and schemas

Metadata schemas

CDWA
Spectrum
CHIN
ISAD(G)
DACS

And any other.

Data content standards (cataloguing rules)

No response.

Vocabulary standards

Getty AAT
ULAN
TGN
CONA
Library of Congress Subject Headings

Any other authority with open/closed API or export format.

Local terminology lists

Any number of local authority lists is possible and can be extended with external vocabularies.

Accreditation

Spectrum 5 compliant (since 2011).

Data entry and content

Media upload/linking

Integrated digital assets management system.

Media formats supported

Over 400 file types accepted.

Data entry features

Copy and paste: Yes
Search and replace: Yes
Spellcheck: Yes
Bulk cataloguing: Yes
Batch edit: Yes
Batch location change: Yes
Duplicate record search: Yes
Template record: Yes
Date selection and formats: Yes
Mandatory fields: Yes
Others: No response.

Spreadsheet editing view

Yes

Geographic mapping

Yes

Multilingual fields

Yes

Barcoding

Yes

Labelling

Yes

Search and reporting

Types of search supported

Boolean queries: Yes
Query any field: Yes
Sort query results: Based on any result field.
Saving search results: Yes, as packages.
Filter search results: Yes, searches can be nested.
SQL-based search: Not necessary and not supported.
Export search results: Yes, in XML, CSV, Word, Excel and JSON.
Free-text (Google) searches: Yes
Search result views: Yes

Multilingual searching

Yes

Report styles included

Yes

Report customization

Yes, using Word and Excel templates.

Report program

Integrated within the platform – no need for a separate reporting module.