Create once, publish everywhere
CIIM connects and enriches your disparate metadata and digital assets into one unified, auditable pipeline for search, discovery, and publication.
Featuring out-of-the-box AI integrations.
Trusted by leading cultural institutions worldwide
Although originally developed for the cultural heritage sector - e.g Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Cultural Aggregators - it is also applicable across a wide range of other sectors wherever making sense of large amounts of disparate data is required.
What is CIIM?
The CIIM framework is a suite of open-source (AGPL v3) middleware and API components and was originally created in 2009 for the London Museum (formerly Museum of London). Since that time it has seen significant evolution through continuous development, now providing the reference middleware implementation for the cultural sector. It can be found in use at a wide range of highly respected institutions worldwide.
This highly scalable, fully automated ingest framework comfortably handles over 80 million rich records and seamlessly integrates with 30+ collection, archive, library and digital asset management systems.
CIIM features a schemaless data model and is ingest format agnostic, with a flexible processing workflow and field level data enrichment.
AI integrations, deep zoom/IIIF media and manifest handling, automated publication, media artifact creation/watermarking and optimised search and retrieval across large datasets are only some of the areas in which the CIIM excels. A comprehensive data auditing strategy is also built in, ensuring data integrity across all aspects of ingest, processing and data/media publication.
Request time, codeless, data transformations deliver on-demand Linked Art, LIDO, CIDOC, EDM, Skos, Marc, IIIF and many more. Require a different format, no problem, the configuration is in your hands.
How our customers are using CIIM
Why choose CIIM?
An apparently ‘simple’ problem to solve, the CIIM answers the data integration, audit and sharing questions that most other solutions/frameworks haven’t even thought of asking yet.
First and foremost CIIM is not a bespoke solution, but a versatile framework using plugins and extension points to make customisation easy.
It is built on over 15 years of data analysis, use-cases and differing institutional requirements and data models. As an open source product, it continuously evolves based both on user requirements and emerging technologies, with all new features accessible to all users.
How does CIIM work?
CIIM product lines
CIIM consists of six powerful applications and libraries, each designed to meet different business needs and enhance the overall experience.
Continuous Development
We are passionate about innovation and committed to keeping our customers ahead in a fast-evolving digital world. Our dedicated team focuses on continuous product development, regularly adding new features, and fostering an active user community for sharing ideas and experiences.