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Media management software with browser based administrative access. An extremely flexible security model allows
for the creation of any number of roles and permissions to be set for individuals, departments or any
other grouping - controlling what can be seen, edited or downloaded by whom.


iBase Quartet - is a browser based system for managing digital assets. Because it is browser based, all that PC and Mac users need is standard browser software - such as Microsoft Internet Explorer - and network or Internet access to the server on which iBase Quartet is deployed. The previous non multi-media version of Quartet was known as Image Manager.

It is the ideal system for organisations requiring highly flexible departmental security options, and the ability for authorised users to upload media and metadata from anywhere in the world, which can then be made immediately available to authorised users on the web or an intranet. Clients using iBase Quartet include British local authorities and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Boston, Massachusetts.

Index

  1. Unlimited records and concurrent users
  2. Standard features for administrators
  3. Standard features for general users and administrators
  4. On line with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
  5. Operating environment and system requirements

1. Unlimited records and concurrent users

  • For a single Quartet licence there is no limit to the number of media records that can be created, nor to the number of concurrent users permitted to connect.

2. Standard features for administrators

  • Set up, delete and amend roles and user rights.
  • Automatic common metadata and keyword (categories) attachment on file import.
  • Creation of media 'collections' to group Items together.
  • Control of which Items can be made available to which users for viewing, editing, download, ordering and, where appropriate, printing.
  • Formatting of a printed output PDF page which contains pre selected resolutions and metadata fields.
  • Advanced search.
  • Audit trail by user.

This screen shot shows the administrator's screen for setting up and managing users, as configured by WHOI for their specific purposes. (Note that the administration functions aren't available to general users)





Administrative control is available for all configurable aspects, including:

  • Jobs
  • Keywords
  • Departments
  • Source formats
  • Collections
  • Copyright statements
  • Credit lines
  • Image orientations
  • Source file types
  • Hot folders
  • Archive folders
  • Source file locations
  • Watermarks
  • Upload policies
  • Print layouts

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3. Standard features for general users and administrators

The screen shots below show a gallery of thumbs returned from a search, and an item details page with associated metadata.













Depending on the rights assigned to general users, they will have facilities to:

  • Upload media files and metadata.
  • Search using keywords, free text, specific metadata fields, within results and search history.
  • View images and Video clips in a thumbnail gallery, at higher resolutions with associated metadata, compare with next or next three images.
  • Edit metadata either within a single record or by using Quartet's advanced batch editing facility.
  • Create or save personal light boxes of selected images (these can also be shared with other users, or emailed).
  • Download files to a desktop (provided individually or in a Zip file)
  • Print or export images in a PDF template.

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4. On line with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Click on the image to see Woods Hole's 'Image Source' picture library.

You can log in as a guest which will enable you to search and view images that WHOI administrators have set to be available to the general public.

Try some searches - the keyword search usefully provides details of what can be found. There are also simple, advanced and history searches available.

Click on a thumb - see the image metadata and other features available to you, including searching within results, viewing higher resolutions where available, and comparing images side by side.

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5. Operating environment and system requirements

Database

  • iBase Quartet supports MS SQL Server 2000 / 2005 and Oracle 10g.

Server hardware- recommended specification

  • Pentium 4 Xeon 3GHz or equivalent
  • 2Gb RAM
  • 20Gb spare RAID5 hard disk space (this does not include the space required for the image store)
  • SVGA graphics card
  • 17" monitor
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • SQL Server 2005

Server operating environment

  • Windows 2003 / Unix / Linux (call for specific flavours)
  • IIS 5 / 6 / Apache 1.3 / 2.0
  • Java 1.4.2
  • JBoss Application Server 3.0.8
  • ImageMagick 6.3

Browsers

  • IE 6 / Firefox 1 / 2 / Safari 2 (other browsers may be supported - call for details)

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For further information on iBase products please contact us at sales@ibase.com or call +44 (0) 1943 603636

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