Disclaimer

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Disclaimer

• This presentation is meant to provide a preview
  of the upcoming version of MDID as of April 2003
• Any feature, screen or functionality mentioned in
  this presentation may be modified, replaced or
  removed without notice in the final release
• The release dates mentioned are estimates and may
  change
• This presentation may not be modified or
  redistributed in whole or in part without
  permission from the Center for Instructional
  Technology at James Madison University

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Madison Digital Image Database 2

• Overview
• New Features

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New Features

• Multiple collections and custom catalogs
• Cross-collection searching
• Personal collections
• Enhanced user interface
• Simple data exchange through XML
• Distributed under an open source license with
  full API documentation

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Cross-Collection Searches

• Keyword searches possible across multiple
  collections
• Collection admin can specify which fields are
  keyword searchable to enhance cross-collection
  search results

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Individual Collection Searches

• Keyword search across all fields or within
  individual fields of a collection
• Date fields allow additional search criteria
  based on years or year ranges

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Catalog Definition Editor

• Catalogs for new and existing collections can
  easily be edited
• Set a range of search and display options for
  every field

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Catalog Content Editor

• New catalogs allow multiple values per field
• Virtually no length restriction on text fields
• Specify internal and display values for date
  fields

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Slide Sorter

• Organize slides using drag drop
• Keep unwanted slides in scratch area for later
  use
• View catalog data and annotate slides

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API Documentation

• Get full and unrestricted access to the
  Application Programming Interface documentation

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Additional Features

• More flexible assignment of user privileges
• Simple image and data import
• Personal collections
• Image annotation and favorites

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Database Support

• Several enterprise level and open source
  databases supported
• Other ANSI SQL compatible databases can be used
  by implementing a simple database connector

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Release Information

• Targeted release date Fall 2003
• Supported databases
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• MySQL 4 on any operating system
• Application server requires Microsoft Windows
  2000 Server with .NET
• Future releases may be compatible with mono
  (http//www.go-mono.com/) to support Linux
  application servers, depending on availability of
  mono

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Information

• Company Trademarks
• Microsoft Windows, .NET and SQL Server are either
  registered trademarks or trademarks of the
  Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
  other countries.
• MySQL is a trademark of MySQL AB in the United
  States and other countries.
• Other product and company names mentioned in this
  presentation may be the trademarks of their
  respective owners.

• Authors
• Andreas KnabComputer Systems Engineerknab2ar_at_jmu
  .edu
• Kevin HeggSenior Programmer Analystheggkj_at_jmu.ed
  u
• Further Information
• Visit http//cit.jmu.edu/mdidinfo/
• Email mdid_at_jmu.edu