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November 16, 2006 Andreas Knab, Christina Updike James Madison University. Madison Digital Image Database Online Q&A Session. Support. MDID wiki at http://mdid.org/ MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html
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November 16, 2006 Andreas Knab, Christina Updike James Madison University Madison Digital Image DatabaseOnline Q&A Session
Support • MDID wiki at http://mdid.org/ • MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html • MDID project on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdid • Email: mdid@jmu.edu
Permissions • New article on MDID permission system available on wiki athttp://mdid.org/mdidwiki/index.php?title=Permissions
ImageViewer issues • ImageViewer on MacOS X • May not run correctly on most recent versions of MacOS X • Macromedia (now Adobe) has not updated their Director product in years, which is what the ImageViewer is based on • We will develop a new viewer to keep supporting MacOS X in the future
MDID2 release 0.8 • Release candidate coming in December • Highlights • New full-text search • New import feature
New full-text search • Removed 1,000 record limit on search results • Search for approximate matches • Finds approximate spellings“dinsenhofer~” will find “Dientzenhofer” • Finds accented words“Cezanne~” will find “Cézanne”
Import • Upload CSV, TSV, or XML files directly through the web interface • MDID suggests field mappings based on field names and previous imports • Override any mapping as necessary • Data conversion tool no longer needed • Should work with VRA Core 4.0 XML files • More information on the MDID wiki at http://mdid.org/mdidwiki/index.php?title=Import_image_records_from_a_data_file
VRA 2007 in Kansas City • MDID users group • Ask the Experts session • From Fair Use to Fair Trading: Creating a Digital Image Matchmaking Commons • Educating the Educators: Teaching Faculty to Teach with Digital Images
Support • MDID wiki at http://mdid.org/ • MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html • MDID project on SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdid • Email: mdid@jmu.edu
Information Product and company names mentioned in this presentation may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Authors • Andreas KnabComputer Systems Engineerknab2ar@jmu.edu • Christina UpdikeVisual Resources Specialistupdikecb@jmu.edu Further Information • Visit http://mdid.org/ • Email mdid@jmu.edu