Questions for MDID session at VRA conference

If you plan on attending this year's MDID session at the VRA conference in Toronto, please let us know of any specific topics or questions you want us to talk about!  By posting them in a comment below you allow us to prepare an answer or add the topic to our presentation.  Thank you!

How do you search?

Finding content is one of the biggest issues with any system.  We would like to hear from you how you search for images in your MDID installation, and also how you wish you could!

For example, do you mostly use the keyword field, or do you use more specific fields like title or creator?  Do you enter multiple words?  Do you prefer AND or OR searches, or need both?

Thank you for your input!

MDID Team on winter break

James Madison University will close for winter break Monday, January 5, 2009.  The MDID Team would like to wish everyone a relaxing, safe, enjoyable holiday season.

Shared collections request form

We have a new form for requesting access to the available shared collections for MDID2.

A few new collections are coming up soon as well.

Request shared collections access

MDID Survey

We are currently running another MDID user survey. Please participate, even if you have completed past surveys. Thank you!

MDID 3 System Architecture

MDID 3 will consist of three major components that can all run together on one server or be distributed across several servers, for example if MDID is installed using existing web, database or search servers.

The underlying applications support all major operating systems.

Current MDID2 users will be able to keep the same setup for MDID3 or switch to a preferred platform if desired.

Welcome

On this blog you'll find updates and announcements regarding the Madison Digital Image Database project.  While we will continue to send the most important news to the MDID users mailing list, you'll find more regular and detailed updates here.