Glossary

Corpus Manager

The manager of a user’s corpus, who’s main role it is to support the user in all archive related matters.

Digi-Team

Data managers, based at the MPI Nijmegen, who are responsible for digitizing recordings and cutting media resource files.

DMF

Digital Master File, a complete media recording in file format

IMDI file

The file you populate with metadata to describe your session.

Resource File

A generic term for files that link to the session

Media Resource File

A Resource File that is media, for example audio or video. Media Resource Files are cut from the DMF.

Written Resource file

A Resource File that is text, for example ELAN or Lexus files, but can also be any text file that links to the session.

Session Resource Bundle

The complete session. An IMDI file and all its linked Resource Files.

Session

A confusing term that has multiple uses by both Corpus Managers and the Digi-Team. It can mean: A Session Resource Bundle, a IMDI file without Resource Files or a Media Resource File on its own.

Source File

The IMDI editor term for DMF, but can also relate to any source that your resource files come from. So, if you resource file was a chapter from a book for instance, in this case the source file would be the title of the book.

Stub

An IMDI element saved in the Repository Panel.