wax is a workflow comprised of a few ruby gems, some customizable ui components, and documentation for creating, deploying, and maintaining digital exhibitions.

one ruby gem, wax_tasks, focuses on a few key tasks for data processing, including:

+ generating markdown pages from csv, json, or yaml files

+ generating iiif image derivatives for deep-zooming viewers and interoperable image content from source images

+ generating a json search index

jekyll (which is another ruby gem) then converts these files to static html pages with the help of wax-specific layouts and components that users can customize.

next steps

+ page load benchmarking + optimization

+ ‘micro’ wax: wax w/ flat image files that can run off a thumb drive

+ more documentation and stability

+ incorporating user feedback

links

+ github.com/minicomp/

+ minicomp.github.io/wiki/

+ minicomp.github.io/wax/

+ gitter.im/minicomp/wax/

+ stylerevolution.github.io