mdid special interest group, vra 2015
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The Visual Resources Association gratefully acknowledges support for the
MDID Special Interest Group Meeting from
MDID USERS GROUPVRA 2015
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
MDID TEAM: NEW FACES
Jon Short• 2 years in Center for Instructional Technology
(CIT)
• Infrastructure + LMS, transitioning to MDID
Leighton Shank• Hired to CIT in September 2014
• Focus on MDID application development
MDID TEAM: OLD FACES
Grace Barth• Visual Resources Librarian, @ JMU since 2009
Andreas Knab• Former JMU employee and owner of vrcHost
• Has been with MDID since the beginning
Peter Hanley• MDID developer
• Instructional Support Center Manager at Temple University
PROJECTS IN THE PAST YEAR AT JMU
4-VA mini-grant to build MDID + Omeka connector
Article in Journal of Digital Media Management, vol. 3, no. 2
• “Innovating art history: The story of an open source project that transformed teaching with images in higher education”, Grace Barth and Kevin Hegg
MOST WANTED FEATURES
• Advanced search
• Metadata field management
• Mobile support
• Configurable “browse” options
• Easier duplication of presentations
MORE MOST WANTED FEATURES
• Search facets by term
• Packaged presentations with MediaViewer
• Thumbnail refresh when image is replaced/removed
• User-added tags
• Shared collections easier to use
PLANNED MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS + CLEAN UP
• Make it easy to install
• Upgrade underlying technology
• Make it extensible
• Clean user interface
• Mobile-friendly
WHAT’S IN IT FOR END USERS
• Clean interface
• Mobile compatibility
• Flashcard app?• Intuitive to use
WHAT’S IN IT FOR CURATORS
• Easier in-browser cataloging
• Simplified administrative tasks
• Add features via plug-ins
• Installation that doesn’t require IT
WHAT’S IN IT FOR DEVELOPERS
• Better development documentation
• Allow customization
• De-coupled dependencies
• Foster community development
• API-driven core
New Development
Custom Plugin:Ensemble Viewer Developed for Colgate University Integrates content from Ensemble Video
platform into MDID When special metadata fields are
available for a record, viewer is added to the page
User Authentication
Added support for new protocolsCentral Authentication Service (CAS)Shibboleth
New restriction possibilitiesOnly allow logins for members of specific
Shibboleth groups
Work/Image Records
Using Dublin Core to connect images to worksRelation.IsPartOf
Work/Image Records
ExampleRecord 1 (Work)
○ Identifier “ABC001”Record 2 (Image)
○ Identifier “ABC002”○ Relation.IsPartOf “ABC001”
Work record still has an image file attached – “Primary Image”
“Explore Works” interface
Experimental new user interface Very early stages “Responsive”
Support for desktops, tablets, mobile devices, etc.
Installable as an add-on to MDID3
“Explore Works” interface
Development supported by Archivision Planned rollout stages
1. Separate demo installation at vrcHost2. Archivision clients
○ Test with known content
3. All vrcHost hosted installations○ Test with known environment
4. Contribution back to Open Source
Miscellaneous
New restriction to control to which collections users can add personal images
Still in the works
Documentation project Copying metadata between records Getty Vocabulary integration
QUESTIONS?
THE END
THANK YOU!
Jon: [email protected]
Leighton: [email protected]
Grace: [email protected]
Andreas: [email protected]
Peter: [email protected]
The Visual Resources Association gratefully acknowledges support for the
MDID Special Interest Group Meeting from