MIRC TFS Articles

This is a list of articles on the MIRC implementation running as a plugin to CTP.

Release Notes

• MIRC Software Release Notes lists CTP and TFS releases and their contents.

Main Articles

• MIRC is the top-level article. It describes the installation and configuration of the program.
• MIRC Pipelines describes how to modify the configuration of the asynchronous pipelines that store files and create MIRCdocuments.
• DICOM Service - Advanced Configuration describes how to configure the DICOM Service for specialized workflows.
• MIRC Templates describes the formats of the various template files used in MIRC.
• MIRC Hardware Considerations provides guidance in the selection of hardware for a teaching file site.
• MIRC PHI Access Logging describes the responsibilities of authors and administrators with respect to MIRCdocuments that include PHI.
• MIRC Scored Quizzes describes how to create, display, and score questions in MIRCdocuments.

Articles for Developers

• The MIRCdocument Schema describes the XML structure of MIRCdocuments.
• The MIRCquery Schema describes the XML structure of a query transmitted from a MIRC query service to a MIRC storage service.
• The MIRCqueryresult Schema describes the XML structure of a set of results transmitted from a MIRC storage service to a MIRC query service.
• The MIRC TCE Service contains information for third-party developers wishing to interface to MIRC.
• The MIRC Protocol for Document Exchange describes how to interface a third-party authoring tool to MIRC.
• Setting Up a MIRC Development Environment describes the development environment that was used to develop all the MIRC software, including CTP.
• Extending CTP describes how to add new pipeline stages or DatabaseAdapters to CTP.
• The MIRC Module describes the contents and theory of operation of the TFS plugin for CTP.
• The CTP Module describes the contents and theory of operation of the CTP application.
• The Util Module describes the contents and theory of operation of the utilities used in CTP.

For articles describing the configuration of CTP and the anonymizers, see CTP Articles.