title: "WWW.MDTF.ORG": a World Wide Web forum for developing open-architecture, freely distributed, digital teaching file software by participant consensus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To foster a community supported evaluation processes for open-source digital teaching file (DTF) development and maintenance. The mechanisms used to support this process will include standard web browsers, web servers, forum software, and custom additions to the forum software to potentially enable a mediated voting protocol. The web server will also serve as a focal point for beta and release software distribution, which is the desired end-goal of this process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We foresee that www.mdtf.org will provide for widespread distribution of open source DTF software that will include function and interface design decisions from community participation on the website forums.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah Health Science Center, Center for Advanced Medical Technologies, Salt Lake City 84108, USA.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Katzman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lauman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cochella
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goede
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Harnsberger
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D012985:Software Design