Morphé (AtoM)
Morphé (2018–) : an online platform based on the open-source application AtoM, dedicated to the management, description, and promotion of archives. It provides online access to inventories and offers a clear hierarchical structuring of fonds, facilitating navigation and research for scholars, professionals, and the general public. Morphé applies the international archival standards of the International Council on Archives, ensuring consistent, contextualized, and interoperable data description. It supports standardized exchange formats (EAD, EAC-CPF, CSV, SKOS), ensuring the circulation and long-term preservation of information. Thanks to its simple, advanced, and contextual search tools, Morphé enables intuitive exploration of archives while maintaining traceability and consistency in the relationships between documents.
Current team
ACM-EPFL : Cyril Veillon (director), Kethsana Muong (archivist) • ENAC-IT3 : Nicolas Dubois (engineer ETS/HES)
Development and implementation team
ACM-EPFL : Salvatore Aprea (director), Barbara Galimberti (archivist) • ENAC-IT3 : Samuel Banca (engineer ETS/HES), Nicolas Dubois (engineer ETS/HES) • Cruncher SA : Marco Bonetti, web development
MorphéPlus
MorphéPlus (2021–): an online consultation platform dedicated to a selection of digitized documents. Complementary to Morphé, it offers thematic navigation focused on architectural objects or works. It is implemented through an internal conversion process, ensuring a certain level of data structuring and interoperability. Designed as a lightweight and pragmatic solution, it prioritizes access to and promotion of content over complex infrastructure.
Current team
ACM-EPFL : Cyril Veillon (director), Kethsana Muong (archivist) • ENAC-IT3 : Nicolas Dubois (engineer ETS/HES) • Cruncher SA : Marco Bonetti, web development
Development and implementation team
ACM-EPFL : Salvatore Aprea (director), Barbara Galimberti (archivist) • ENAC-IT3 : Samuel Banca (engineer ETS/HES), Nicolas Dubois (engineer ETS/HES) • Cruncher SA : Marco Bonetti, web development
History
Athanase (2007–2018): In 2007, a migration to the Athanase software introduced a web application enabling online access and remote search. The system offers a hierarchical structure based on physical objects and documentary units, as well as an “object” entity derived from Hypathie. Despite these developments, the structure remains limited and does not reflect the complexity of archival relationships; the interface, not very intuitive, makes searches difficult.
Hypathie (1993–2007): Between 1993 and 1995, ACM developed, with the Institut français d’architecture and Dodeica SA, a tool for managing and describing architectural archives called Hypathie. Based on ISBD rules, IFLA guidelines, and European standards, it remains marked by a library-oriented approach, limiting its effectiveness in addressing the complexity and hierarchical structure of archival fonds.