FAMTEC Exchange

FAMTEC Exchange is a platform concept for inter-institution resource sharing across cultural, museum, gallery, and heritage organisations.

The goal is to make it easier for institutions to share equipment, book technical support, exchange specialist skills, and coordinate needs across a trusted network.

Vision

Many organisations have underused equipment, specialist knowledge, or short-term staffing capacity that could help others in the sector. FAMTEC Exchange is designed to support:

• hardware lending and borrowing
• technician and specialist skill exchange
• cross-institution requests and offers
• trusted network communication
• better visibility of available resources across the sector

Current Status

This repository is an early-stage prototype and concept development space.

It currently contains:

• React-based interface experiments
• Node and package scaffolding
• workflow notes and concept documentation
• static prototype files used to shape the product direction

This repository does not yet represent a production-ready release.

Prototype Screenshots

Standalone Exchange Board

ARCHAI Integration View

Narrow Responsive View

Why This Matters

Cultural and heritage organisations often solve similar operational problems in isolation. FAMTEC Exchange is intended to reduce duplication, improve access to shared capability, and create stronger collaboration between institutions that already have overlapping needs.

Repository Contents

• App.jsx: main prototype application component
• index.js: current JavaScript entry file
• package.json: project metadata and scripts
• FAMTEC_EXCHANGE_WORKFLOWS.md: workflow thinking and feature direction
• FAMTEC_exchange.html: static concept prototype
• docs/screenshots: prototype screenshots for GitHub preview

Local Development

Install dependencies:

npm install

Run the available development command:

npm run dev

If the project structure changes, scripts and setup may evolve with it.

Planned Direction

The broader product direction currently includes:

• institution profiles and verification
• posts for available and requested resources
• enquiry and messaging flows
• moderation and publishing controls
• scalable backend and storage

Rights Notice

Copyright (c) 2026 Rob Graham. All rights reserved.

This repository is published for authorship, visibility, and evaluation purposes only. No permission is granted to use, copy, modify, distribute, sublicense, sell, or create derivative works from this code, documentation, or associated materials without prior written permission from Rob Graham.

Contact

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