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The Memento Database application

Memento Database

Memento Database is a database management software tool for mobile devices (Android) and personal computers (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple Macintosh). Elements of a user's database — libraries and associated files — may be synchronized across these platforms via an available cloud service. Libraries also may be synchronized with Google Sheets spreadsheets stored on the user's Google Drive to enable the user's data to be manipulated or analyzed by either tool, as needed. Import/export from/to comma-delimited (CSV) files enables coordinated use with external applications, like Microsoft Excel.

Data libraries may be linked, allowing any number of libraries to work together to form a database and provide a solution.

All data can be stored in the Memento Cloud. All such libraries, photos, and files are synchronized automatically between the cloud and local copies on Android devices. Users can provide access to their data to other users, enabling teamwork use.

Targeted users & use cases

Memento's goals include serving:

the casual, perhaps single-library user

who just wants to throw up a grocery list or recipe repository

the intermediate user

who might want to have some related libraries tracking some activities

the power user

who might be pushing the boundaries in certain areas, like scripting, complex data structure, retail or barcode solutions, media solutions, contact applications, product catalogs, charting, or others

the organizational user

who might need teamwork collaboration, cross-platform compatibility, cloud storage & coordination, library protection, and others

Memento's online catalog of user templates contains thousands of predefined, ready-to-use libraries to use directly or serve as a starting place. It also gives users the opportunity to familiarize themselves with a large number of ways to use Memento to provide solutions.

Platforms

Memento was first implemented on the Android platform for smartphones and tablets, and Android continues to be a prime platform for Memento. The Mobile Edition operates off locally stored data that may or may not be synchronized to the Memento Cloud.

Users using Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Apple Macintosh use the Memento Desktop Edition to work with data stored in the Memento Cloud. Data and files may be synchronized with mobile platforms through the Cloud.

Primary data structures

User data is stored in Memento in fields making up entries within a library. See Terminology to see how this relates to other database technologies and tools. A collection of libraries is called a group. A collection of fields within a Library structure is called a page. When data is entered into fields, an entry is created, so while a library's structure is made up of fields, the library's data is made up of entries.

Programming languages

In general, no knowledge of programming languages is required to use Memento.

There is, however, a JavaScript field type that can be used for scripting or calculation of a field value. JavaScript may also be used to perform functions at the touch of a button or at various junctures in the handling of a library entry. Memento provides a rich API (Application Programming Interface) for JavaScript programming. For a full description of the JavaScript language, read here. The implementation is based on the Rhino library. Since Rhino does not implement the latest version of JavaScript, those features added more recently to JavaScript are not available to Memento.

Memento also includes a proprietary scripting syntax for users to define an expression for a Calculation field. It is simpler and easier to learn than JavaScript and is generally more convenient to use, when scripting requirements are minimal. When attempting to do complex scripting, the use of Calculation fields becomes very tedious.

Memento is implemented using the Java 8 language. If you have esoteric questions about field value limits, arithmetic operation details, etc, you could reference the Java 8 documentation, (but I don't recommend it very highly).

Essential features

• Storing entries with custom fields
• Performing Data analysis, including aggregation, charting, sorting, grouping, and filtering entries by any fields
• Displaying data in the form of a list, a set of cards, a table, on a map, on a Kanban (task management) board, or in a calendar
• Synchronization with Google Sheets
• Teamwork, by providing access to libraries to other users
• Access to data from several Android devices and from laptop and desktop computers; users can work with the same libraries on their phones, tablets, and PCs.
• Dozens of types of fields, including text, integer, real, boolean, date/time, rating, checkboxes, radio buttons, currency, image, signature, file, audio, contact, calculation, JavaScript, geolocations with Google Maps coordinates, and others
• One-to-many, one-to-one, and many-to-many relationships between libraries
• Importing and exporting CSV files, permitting interoperation with popular programs like Microsoft Excel
• Populating database entries at the touch of a button with data from Web services and other sources
• Library Protection (encrypt entries using AES-128)
• Charts — Pie, Line, Bar, Columns, Area, Scatter, Stepped Area
• aggregation): sum, maximum, minimum, average
• Reminders
• Backing up and restoring data
• Sending entries via SMS, e-mail, and other available services
• Searching entries in libraries by barcode
• Online catalog of library templates -- thousands of templates available

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