Scientific Image Database (SIDB)
Web:
Online Demo:
Login as: guest, password: guest.
Features:
Open source.
SIDB is a web-driven database for images.
PHP web based.
PostgresQL database.
Source code.
Archives 2D and 3D images specifically designed for (confocal) microscopy units.
Image files are stored unchanged in a central directory (archive).
Users of the system are subdivided in groups, and whoever owns an image (by uploading it) can determine who else on the system is allowed to view and use the image.
Online source code documentation.
OS independent solution.
Disadvantages:
Support for some metadata, but not much.
Centralised Storage (would need to be extended to enable distributed storage).
How it works:
SIDB consists of php scripts communicating with a postgresQL database.
It uses ImageMagick's convert to generate thumbnails from 2-D images.
It uses Huygens to generate thumbnails from 3-D images.
The Following is Needed for Installation:
Apache webserver (tested with version 1.3.12).
php ( tested with 4.0.0 up to 4.3).
Postgresql (tested with 7.0) (Open source database).
Imagemagick (only convert, tested with 5.2.0).