The corpus to be searched is displayed in the box to the right of Data base:. If you right clicked a node and chose MetaData Search in the context menu, this node is also at top of the window (e.g. 'within corpus "IMDI-corpora"' in Figure 3.1). At the same time, you cannot change the search database by clicking the Browse button. Changing the search database is possible if you have clicked Search > Metadata Search.

For metadata search to work, you need to enter the name and location of the *.data file that contains the metadata information of the corresponding corpus (see Section 3.1.1). Many corpora (at least the corpora on the server) provide you with predefined *.data files, but you also have the possibility to create your own files for locally stored corpora (see Section 3.1.2).

	Note
	As of version 3.0 of the IMDI browser, the *.data format has changed. Make sure you create them again in order to avoid problems while searching.