imeji Help



Contents


1. Home

     1.1. News
     1.2. Login          

2. Collections

          2.1. Create a Collection
          2.2. The Collection List
          2.3. Create a Metadata Profile
          2.4. Manage a Collection
          2.5. Edit the Metadata Profile
          2.6. Edit the Collection Metadata
          2.7. Share a Collection
          2.8. Publish a Collection
          2.9. Delete /Discard a Collection

3. Albums
                
          3.1. Create an Album
          3.2. Album List
          3.3. Add Items to an Album
          3.4. Edit the Album Metadata
          3.5. Remove Items from an Album
          3.6. Share an Album
          3.7. Publish an Album
          3.8. Delete /Discard an Album

4. Search

5. Support
     


1. Home

imeji creates citable research assets by describing, enriching, sharing, exposing and linking data.
In imeji, the user can create his own item collections. For each collection, a metadata profile can be created to allow the user to describe in detail the characteristics of the items within a collection. After the profile is finished, metadata values can be added to each item within a collection (e.g. an author, date or text), either one by one, or within batch operations.
Collections can be kept private, so that they are only visible to the creator, but they also can be published on the web to make them visible and reusable by other researchers around the world.
Further on, users can also create albums with imeji. Within these albums, they can collect items with different metadata profiles, which means items from different collections. Similar to collections, albums can also be kept private or can be published.


 1.1. News

imeji allows the integration of an external blog or news feed where news concerning the software, but also newly released collections and albums can be published.


1.2. Login

Please enter your user name and password to view all of your private items in the imeji database and to use the full set of functions (in particular, all album functions). If you have forgotten your password, please contact the imeji support team.

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2. Collections

Collections group similar items together, which all share similar metadata.
For each collection, one metadata profile can be defined by the user. In this profile the user can define specific metadata types for the collection.


2.1. Create a Collection


2.2. The Collection List

This list displays all collections accessible to the user: all collections created by the individual user (identified via the user account) irrespective of their status (private, published, or discarded) and all collections published by other imeji users. If the user is not logged in, this list contains only all published collections.
Here, the user can change the number of hits displayed per page. Further on, the sorting can be changed between sorted by state, title or modification date and also a filter can be used which allows to filter the collections based on following options: all collections, my collections, only my private collections, only public collections, only my discarded collections.


2.3. Create a Metadata Profile

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2.4. Manage a Collection

Upload Items to the Collection:

You can only upload items to private collections.
Delete /Discard Items:
         o Go to Collections.
         o View the collection by clicking on the name of the collection.
         o Click on View items.
         o Select the items that you want to delete.
         o Click on Selected on the right hand of the page and choose Delete selected.
         o If you want to delete all items: Click on All on the left hand of the page and choose Delete all.
         o Go to Collections.
         o View the collection by clicking on the name of the collection.
         o Click on View items.
         o Select the item that you want to discard.
         o Click on Selected on the right hand of the page and choose Discard selected.
         o If you want to delete all items: Click on All on the left hand of the page and choose Discard all.
         o Discarded items are not searchable any more, but are still visible within the corresponding collection,
             as it could happen that this collection was already cited somewhere.


 Assign /Edit metadata values:

You can only assign /edit metadata values within private or published collections.
o Select one or several metadata types in the drop-down list. Then you can either decide to assign the same metadata value to all selected items via
   the batch option on top of the page (here you have the option to only assign the new value when there is no value available for the item yet,
   or to overwrite all values) or to add the values directly to each item separately.
o For the first case (batch adding), you have to confirm your choice via Add to all. For the single item adding via Save.
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2.5. Edit the Metadata Profile


You can only edit a metadata profile for a private or a published collection.


2.6. Edit the Collection Metadata


You can only edit the metadata of a private or a published collection.


2.7. Share a Collection


You can only share private collections.


2.8. Publish a Collection


You can only publish private collections.


2.9. Delete /Discard a Collection

         o Go to Collections.
         o Click on Delete (the collection is now deleted).
o Click on discard (the collection is now discarded). That means that it is not visible any more on imeji,
   only when a user cites the exact URL of the collection (as all once released collections are citeable).

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3. Albums

Albums are similar to photo albums in the non digital world. In an album, the user can collect items from one or several collections (that means the items can have different metadata profiles). An album is a subset of the overall set of items within imeji.
Albums could be set up to illustrate a certain question (like 20 items in an album out of 1000 items in the overall collection).

         
 3.1. Create Album



3.2. Album List


This list displays all albums accessible to the user: all albums created by the individual user (identified via the user account) irrespective of their status (private, published, or discarded) and all albums published by other imeji users. If the user is not logged in, this list contains only all published albums.
Here, the user can change the number of hits displayed per page. Further on, the sorting can be changed between sorted by state, title or modification date and also a filter can be used which allows to filter the albums based on following options: all albums, my albums, only my private albums, only public albums, only my discarded albums.


3.3. Add Items to an Album


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3.4. Edit Album Metadata


You can only edit album metadata from a private or a published album.


3.5. Remove Items from an Album


You can only remove items from a private album.

3.6. Share Album


You can only share private albums.
         o Viewer: the person can only view the album
         o Album editor: the person can also edit the album and add /remove items.


3.7. Publish an Album


You can only publish private albums.


3.8. Delete /Discard an Album

         o Go to Albums.
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4. Search

imeji offers two different searches, the simple search and the advanced search.


4.1. Simple Search


The Simple Search is displayed as a free text field on top of every page. Here the user can decide to either search for items or collections.


4.2. Advanced Search


The Advanced Search currently only works for items. Here the user first has to define one or more (via the plus symbol) collections, then one or more metadata values and then he can enter the values he is looking for.

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5. Support


For further support, please contact the imeji Support Team.

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