MITK Directory Structure

To avoid clutter and ease the administration of the source code, the MITK source code is structured into several subdirectories according to their function. This document aims at helping you finding what you want within this structure.

Overview

The top level directories are the following:

• Applications
• CMake
• CMakeExternals
• Documentation
• Examples
• Licenses
• Modules
• Templates
• Utilities
• Wrapping

see the corresponding section for more information.

Applications

This directory contains the different applications. Each application has its own subfolder, including the necessary code, icons and other resources. 

CMake

The CMake directory contains CMake files, macros and templates for the configuration of MITK as a project.

CMakeExternals

This directory contains CMake files for the configuration of other projects used by MITK.

Documentation

The Documentation directory contains doxygen and other documentation as well as tutorials and examples. It includes basic end user manuals for the framework as well as developer documentation which does not depend on any additional modules.

Examples

This directory contains example code used by the documentation in the Documentation directory.

Licenses

The Licenses directory contains various licenses used by MITK's dependencies.

Modules

This directory contains modules, which extend the capabilities of MITK. For the concept behind modules see Modules.

Plugins

This directory contains plugins, which provide specific solutions. For further information see Plugins.

Templates

This directory contains template files for recurring snippets like the copyright header for all source files.

Utilities

The Utilities directory contains self contained components, which are used by MITK, but not necessarily developed for maintained by the MITK team.

Wrapping

The Wrapping directory contains code necessary for the Python wrapping capabilities of MITK.