Users of CIIM join at The National Gallery for the CIIM User Group.
Towards the beginning of June, users of our open-source CIIM middleware platform gathered at The National Gallery in London along with several members of the CIIM team for the CIIM Summer user group. The event was a fantastic opportunity for organisations and individuals of the museums sector who utilise CIIM to engage in rich conversation and share project updates and accomplishments. It also provided an opportunity for the team to share new ideas and developments within the software and surrounding ecosystem.
As per tradition, the morning session was dedicated to a closed discussion between CIIM users to provide feedback and suggestions. The agenda for the afternoon was packed with presentations from users and K-Int staff, with highlights outlined below:
- Jacob Naylor shared how project management, delivery, and customer support within the CIIM team have evolved, with improvements driven by user feedback from previous user groups and a commitment to continuous refinement moving forward.
- An update on the progress of the active roadmap, along with an updated roadmap for the second half of 2025 was presented by Luke Heyfron.
- Mark Johnson and Danny Birchall unveiled and demonstrated a massive overhaul of CIIM documentation, covering the four portals of knowledge to CIIM:
- CIIM documentation.
- Rosetta documentation.
- Proteus documentation.
- The private K-Int developer documentation.
- A showcase on NG200, celebrating 200 years of The National Gallery, from Jude Dicken, with technical insight from James Huish.
- An overview of Rosetta by Luke Heyfron, focusing on why and how organisations can put it to use in their data delivery pipelines.
- The latest changes to CIIM core and UI, and a deep dive into our new automated, streamlined and centralised docker deployment strategy by Mark Johnson.
Following the formal programme, the group continued discussions in a relaxed setting at a local venue in Trafalgar Square.
Knowledge Integration would like to thank The National Gallery for organising and accommodating the user group, in addition to all who attended and presented their work. CIIM would not be where it is today without you all! We Hope you see you all at the next one.