The IMDI web browser is part of the Language Archiving Technology suite. You will find a link to the browser on the LAT web page http://www.lat-mpi.eu/tools/browser/ (see Figure 1.1). The IMDI web browser can also be accessed directly at http://corpus1.mpi.nl.
Since the IMDI web browser is an online tool, it does not need to be installed, but you will need Java installed on your machine for it to run. For more information on Java and how to install it http://java.com/en/.
Figure 1.2 shows the main page view of the IMDI web browser; the layout of the browser is divided into the Browse Panel and the Content Panel. The Browse Panel gives an overview of the archive in a tree structure. The Content Panel represents the content of the node that you have active in the tree.
In the browse panel the archive is represented in a tree structure, which can be unfolded to browse through the archive (Figure 1.3). In the tree structure different icons are used. The meaning of each icon is specified below:
 | Switch (closed): A switch represents a Corpus node or a Session node that has child elements. When the switch is in the closed position you are unable to view the child elements of the associated node |
 | Switch (open): In the open position the child elements of the node are visible |
 | Corpus node |
 | Session node: The session node represents the IMDI metadata file. The IMDI file is the main body of the session that the resource files link to. |
 | Access indicator: The green access indicator represents data that can be freely accessed without logging in. |
 | Access indicator: The yellow access indicator represents data that can be freely accessed when logged in. |
 | Access indicator: The amber access indicator represents data for which registered users can request resource access. |
 | Access indicator: The red access indicator represents data for which access is restricted. |
 | Media resource File - Video (mpeg4) |
 | Media resource File - Video (mpeg1 & 2) |
 | Media resource File - Audio (wav) |
 | Media resource File - Image (jpeg) |
 | Written resource File (eaf, tbt, txt) |
 | Information file |