Repository Overview

A Virtual File System

The Repository is a virtual file system that is accessible from any internet-enabled device. It supports nested folders and all file types, like the file system on your computer, which is convenient for organizing and retaining your team's important fies, images and related information.

Built-in Image Viewer

Any of the supported image formats, such as whole slide images, DICOM images and photos, can be viewed with the built-in image viewer on-demand, using streaming technologies. However, many of the non-image data files will need to be downloaded and viewed using external software.

Supported Metadata Types

Repositories provide flexible and customizable methods for creating and tracking metadata. The following metadata types are supported at folder-level and file-level:

• Fields (key-value pairs)
• Tags

Additionally, for image files (i.e. files that have been identified as images) the following metadata types are also supported:

• Annotations
• Snapshots
• Overlays

Unlimited Folders

Folders in the Repository can be nested to any depth and can contain all types of files. The top level of the Repository can only contain folders (i.e. no files) which is convenient for organizing data for different Students, groups, years, etc.

Names and IDs

While all entries in the Repository have names, names do not have to be unique because each entry has a unique ID. By convention, folders have integer IDs while files have alphanumeric IDs.