This repository is a curated collection of traditional Chinese patterns organized as structured open data. It contains 100 high-resolution pattern images accompanied by detailed metadata (in JSON format) and Chinese-language description pages. The data is organized into six thematic categories (Flora, Fauna & Beasts, Geometric, Cloud-Water-Stone, Auspicious Objects, Characters & Composite) and aggregated into machine-readable JSON and CSV formats. Each pattern includes standardized metadata fields for identification, categorization, semantic description, and visual characteristics, along with cryptographic hashes for verification. The project serves as a cultural heritage resource for designers, researchers, and educators interested in traditional Chinese decorative arts.
Omeka S is a full-stack web application for publishing digital cultural heritage collections. Built on the Laminas (Zend) MVC framework with Doctrine ORM, it provides a comprehensive admin interface for managing items, media, item sets, vocabularies, and sites, along with a RESTful JSON-LD API. The system supports linked data (RDF/OWL), IIIF viewers, full-text search, and a plugin/theme architecture for extensibility. It is a mature, well-structured codebase with clear separation of concerns (MVC, adapters, representations, services) but shows signs of technical drift from its Laminas foundation and outdated frontend dependencies like jQuery and CKEditor 4.