JATAN: Virtual Museum Builder, a digital collection management system for Indian museums, which is designed and developed by HCDC Group at C-DAC Pune. The application includes features such as image cropping, watermarking, unique numbering, multimedia object management, Dublin Core metadata compliance, collaborative tools for curators and historians, advanced search and retrieval, portal access control, user administration, conservation reporting, 3D virtual galleries, and public access through web, mobile, and touchscreen kiosks. Standardized by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, JATAN has been successfully deployed in ten national museums across the country.

The list of national museums where JATAN has been deployed JATAN is as under-

1. National Museum, New Delhi
2. Allahabad Museum, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
3. Indian Museum, Kolkata, West Bengal
4. National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA), New Delhi
5. National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA), Mumbai, Maharashtra
6. National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA), Bengaluru, Karnataka
7. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Museum, Goa
8. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Museum, Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh
9. Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
10. Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, West Bengal

• Digital Collection Management - Cataloguing and managing artifacts, images, audio, video, and 3D objects with standardized metadata.
• Preservation & Conservation - Generating conservation reports, maintaining digital surrogates, and ensuring long-term preservation of cultural heritage.
• Curatorial Collaboration - Enabling Museum curators, historians, and researchers to collaboratively enrich artifact records and knowledge.
• Public Access & Engagement - Providing interactive access to collections via web portals, mobile apps, and touchscreen kiosks with virtual galleries.
• Search & Retrieval - Facilitating advanced search, retrieval, and filtering of digital objects for research, education, and public use.

• System Architecture & Administration – Client-server design with user management, museum-wise customization, backup, and data packaging.
• Digital Collection Management – Manage artefacts with unique object numbering, main accession register, and iterative approval workflow.
• Metadata & Standardization – Support for standardized formats, Dublin Core metadata, and object-type-specific forms.
• Multimedia Integration – Handle images, videos, 3D objects, and conservation reports within a unified system.
• Image Processing Tools – Convert, crop, watermark images, enable auto-scrolling for oblong images, and 3D anaglyph viewing.
• Search, Sorting & Reporting – Advanced search, sorting by multiple parameters, statistics generation, and printing of records.
• Collaboration & Workflow – Curator allocation, category-wise access, and collaborative review and approval framework.
• Mobile & Barcode Access – QR code-based mobile access and barcoded reports for secure data transfer.
• Conservation & Documentation Support – Integration of conservation reports and documentation tracking for artefacts.
• User-Friendly Features – Intuitive interface supporting efficient museum operations and curator collaboration.

• Architecture: Client–Server application
• Metadata Standard: Dublin Core compliant
• Multimedia Support: Images, audio, video, 3D objects
• Security: Role-based access control, user authentication, audit trails
• Deployment: On-premise or hosted servers

Human-Centred Design & Computing Group

C-DAC, 5th Floor, Innovation Park, Panchavati, Pashan, Pune - 411 008

Phone : 020-25503175, Email: digitalpreservation[at]cdac[dot]in