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Eight shared collections with over 10,600 images:◦ Art Images for College Teaching
◦ American Sheet Music of the early Twentieth Century
◦ Historic Illustrations of Art and Architecture
◦ John Tenniel and the American Civil War
◦ Madison Art Collection
◦ Otis Artists’ Books Collection
◦ Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
◦ English Architecture
New collection by
Allan Kohl coming soon
◦ La Gazette du Bon Tonprovides a uniquely beautiful reflection of the elegant realm of Parisian
fashion and high society from the last years of the Belle Epoque to the dawn of the Art Deco era
Blog for news and announcements
◦ http://mdidnews.blogspot.com/
Facebook group
◦ Four members (including Andreas)
◦ Linked from blog
Support for additional media types
Interoperatibility◦ Flickr integration
◦ PowerPoint export
Slideshow presentation improvements ◦ Predefined split screen and zoom
◦ Text slides
◦ Online galleries
Customizable meta data
Work/image record distinction
Image tagging
Better content management tools
Usage statistics
MDID 2 core developed in 2001
Design decisions no longer support current needs◦ Basic architecture is difficult to extend and modify
◦ There is no support for work-image distinction
◦ Access control is inflexible
◦ No support for digital media formats other than images
User interface falling behind Web 2.0 expectations◦ Even open content is hidden behind a login page
◦ Images and slideshows cannot be bookmarked or linked to
◦ ImageViewer technology no longer supported on modern operating systems
New requirements considered from the start
◦ Support for different media types
◦ Flexible meta-data structure and access rights
◦ Bookmarkable pages
◦ Customizable page layout and design
◦ API support
New development platform
◦ Completely Open Source
◦ Cross-platform support for Windows, Linux, MacOS
◦ Significantly shorter development times
Allow students and faculty to
manage, discover, and aggregate digital
media for intuitive, flexible delivery and
presentation
Affirm our commitment to support the use of
digital media in the JMU curriculum through ongoing MDID development
Continue to promote adoption of MDID
beyond JMU
Build using open source software
Share through 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
Involve students by allowing them to
add, create, share and manage content
Implement most commonly requested features
Simpler and more powerful content discovery
Simpler and more flexible cataloging
Simpler access control options
Ubiquitous data exchange mechanisms
Fully compatible with MDID 2 remote collections
Easy migration path from MDID 2
Compatible with major operating systems
Google Code Development site
◦ Code repository
◦ Development wiki
◦ Simple issue tracker
MDID 3
◦ http://code.google.com/p/rooibos/
MediaViewer
◦ http://code.google.com/p/mediaviewer/
Initial feature goals
◦ MDID 2 functionality
◦ support for audio and video files
◦ enhanced discovery interface
◦ interoperability components
JMU timeline
◦ Evaluation and Testing – Spring/Summer 2009
◦ Migration to MDID 3 – Fall 2009
Initial version will be compatible with MDID 2 to replace current ImageViewer
Ready early summer 2009
Summer/Fall 2009
Looking for institutions willing to run MDID 3
in trial mode
◦ Should be able to diagnose, report and fix simple problems
◦ Ability to contribute to development a plus
Anybody will be able to get the latest code
from development site
Now available at http://demo.mdid.org/
Log in using “demo” for both username and
password
Limited functionality and content
JMUtube allows JMU faculty and staff to store
and deliver video and presentations
Allows creation of playlists that are easily
embedded in Blackboard and other web sites
Built on same technologies as MDID 3
JMUtube is a subset of MDID 3 functionality
Interface is focused on a specific task
Goal:
◦ Make JMUtube available to MDID community as an extension (alternative user interface) to MDID 3
◦ Optionally: Design a plug-in architecture to facilitate development of specialized interfaces and fit JMUtube into this architecture
Control access for collections and storage
areas
Collections can be bundled together into
parent collections
Art
Paintings
Mona Lisa
High Res
Image file
Storage
High Res
Low Res
Image file
Storage
Low Res
Waterlilies
Low Res
Image file
Storage
Low Res
Sculpture
David
High Res
Image file
Storage
High Res
3D Model
file
Storage
Models
Application
Django
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Windows Mac OS Linux
All browser-based features usable without
JavaScript or mouse
Enabled JavaScript will allow for easier use
and enhanced features
All pages can be bookmarked, including
search results
All layout and appearance is controlled with
easily editable HTML template files
Adjusting color, header, footer, logos, etc. is
straightforward
Context-sensitive Help link on every page
Individual help links next to critical page
elements
All links point to pages in a wiki
Wiki provides tooltips for buttons
?
?
JMU will host a global MDID Help wiki
◦ Wiki editing permissions to be determined
Other institutions can host their own if
needed, e.g. for non-English speakers
Additional documentation, guides, tutorials
can be linked from relevant wiki pages
Now hiring contractors to work on some or all
of these projects:
◦ ARTstor connector
◦ Flickr connector
◦ Blackboard building block
◦ PowerPoint import/export
More information will be available as soon
contract is awarded
◦ Target award date: April 1, 2009
Initial test versions of connectors by June
Final versions by end of grant in September
Coincides with general MDID 3 development
schedule
Andreas Knab, Lead Software Developer, CIT
Kevin Hegg, Assistant Director of
Systems, Research and Development, CIT
Tina Updike, Visual Resources Specialist, SAAH
Grover Saunders, Web Media Developer, CIT
Mary Ann Chappell, Educational Technologies
Librarian
Sarah Cheverton, Director, CIT
Sandy Maxfield, Associate Dean, L&ET
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: [email protected]
Product and company names mentioned in this presentation may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Authors:◦ Kevin Hegg ([email protected])
◦ Andreas Knab ([email protected])
◦ Christina Updike Visual Resources Specialist ([email protected])
Further Information:◦ Visit http://mdid.org/
◦ Email [email protected]