Arbil (Archive Builder) is an IMDI editor. It allows editing of imported IMDI corpora and creation of new corpora or sessions. An internet connection is only required when you want to download metadata from a remote corpus, or when you want to upload your data to the Remote Corpus via LAMUS.
This user guide concisely describes how to use Arbil. It is not a replacement for the Full Manual. Help is also available from the Help menu in Arbil itself (see bottom right corner of Figure 1.1) which contains the full manual.
In Arbil all work on corpora and sessions takes place in the Local Corpus tree. The various import, export, and edit operations displayed in Figure 1.2 can usually be triggered by right-clicking on elements in the Local Corpus, or via "drag and drop".
Media files (audio and video recordings) and written resources can also be added to sessions via "drag and drop" from the Working Directories tree in the Files tab. Only for importing previously exported sessions one has to access the File menu in Arbil's menu bar.
The area to the right of the corpus views is used for a Selection Preview (which can be disabled from the Options menu) and the Working Area, where all metadata editing windows will be opened.
