The HyperImage Reader is used to publish projects compiled with HyperImage Editor.
Its features include:
• the functional display of image-based media elements (views,
layers, groups and light tables),
• the meaningful assignment of texts (metadata, annotations
and transcriptions),
• and the provision of interactive functions.
Its main functions consist in retracing project-specific structures set up by the HyperImage author. Cross-reference can be followed up by clicking on sensitive areas in images or on text links.
Particular features of the HyperImage Reader include various navigation aids (back references, logs, bookmarks, etc.), the search function and an editor for light tables. Light tables are collections of images, thumbnails, enlarged details and written annotations, applied for example when providing comments in image comparisons. Such light tables can be exported and then integrated in HyperImage projects with the help of the HyperImage Editor.
The HyperImage Reader is a flash application that can be used with most Internet browsers and well as offline on CD ROMs or on computer terminals. The data is based on XML metalanguage. The HyperImage Editor exports the structures, metadata and texts in the XML format PeTAL (Picture Text Annotation Language). The PeTAL file is prepared by a converter for use in the HyperImage Reader, is fully indexed and secured in ‘postPeTAL’ format. This format works without a database. To publish a project it is sufficient to load the converted HyperImage project as a data package on to a web server or the rip burn it on to a CD ROM.
