Madison Digital Image Database 3 New Content Discovery Interface MDID 3 includes a new content discovery interface that allows users to visually browse all available content or filter on any combination of keywords, metadata facets, content type, and other criteria. A federated search module simultaneously finds content in remote collections and databases.

Customizing MDID for your Institution The MDID web interface is completely CSS based and can be tailored to match your institutions style requirements. A two-color scheme is centrally defined and easily configurable. Program code and HTML are separate, which means text, logos, and other page components can be styled and repositioned.

Technical Requirements Server: Microsoft IIS or Apache with mod_wsgi; Jetty or Tomcat Java application server; PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or other supported database on any recent Windows Server, Linux, or MacOS operating system. Client: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Internet Explorer web browser; JavaScript, Flash, and Adobe reader recommended.

Media Viewer

System Architecture and Technologies MDID is built entirely on Open Source technologies that are available free of charge.

Server components can reside on one or multiple servers and can be duplicated for redundancy or to support a larger load.

The new MediaViewer presentation tool is included with MDID 3 and features dual screen projection. The webbased MediaViewer used in MDID 3 is also available for use in MDID 2; see http://support.mdid.org/mediaviewer for instructions on how to integrate it into your installation.

Madison Digital Image Database 3 What is MDID 3? MDID 3 is a digital media management system with sophisticated tools for discovering, aggregating, and presenting digital media in a wide variety of learning spaces. Continuing the tradition of a freely shared educational resource, MDID is distributed free of charge under an Open Source license. Many institutions in the United States and around the world use MDID in their curricula. Visit our web site at mdid.org to get more information and download the software. Support for MDID is available through the mdid.org web sites, email, and a community mailing list.

Vision  Allow students and faculty to manage, discover, and aggregate digital media for intuitive and flexible delivery and presentation;  Affirm our commitment to support the use of digital media in the JMU curriculum through ongoing MDID development; and  Continue to promote adoption of MDID beyond JMU.

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Build MDID 3 using Open Source software; Share MDID 3 through an Open Source license; Embrace Web 2.0 and open access; Encourage content sharing between individuals, institutions and the public;  Leverage collective intelligence through comments, ratings and tagging; and  Engage students by allowing them to add, create, share and manage content.

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Discover and explore content from multiple collections Manage images, audio, video, and other digital content Attach flexible metadata to each individual record Allow faculty and students to upload their own content Manage, organize, and archive presentations Annotate media records and slides View slideshows on the web or in the classroom Access collections on remote MDID installations Import and export PowerPoint presentation files

Shared Image Collections Image collections can be shared between institutions using MDID 2 or MDID 3. Anybody using MDID can request access to a number of collections shared by JMU; please visit mdid.org to request access to shared collections.

A Platform for Building Multimedia Apps MDID 3 also serves as a powerful platform for building innovative, web-based multimedia applications. MDID stores, manages and delivers data records and media files; web developers will be able to author custom user interfaces to take advantage of specific MDID features.

Project Team Andreas Knab, Lead Software Developer, CIT Kevin Hegg, Assistant Director of Systems and R&D, CIT Christina Updike, Visual Resources Specialist, SAAH Grace Barth, Visual Resources Assistant, SAAH Grover Saunders, Web Media Developer, CIT Mary Ann Chappell, Educational Technologies Librarian Sarah Cheverton, Associate Dean, CIT

More Information Web site: Support: Contact:

http://mdid.org/ http://support.mdid.org/ [email protected]