Digital Imaging Database

From: Guenter Waibel (guenter@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 12:31:19 CDT

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Date:         Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:31:19 -0700
From: Guenter Waibel <mailto:guenter@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Digital Imaging Database
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    <pre> Hi Everybody,

    I've been meaning to ask this for a while now... What do other institutions do to manage their Digital Images? At the Berkeley Art Museum, we have been developing a database which we will use to manage the metadata on our digital assets in the same way in which we manage our art collections with a Collection Management System. I think we have started thinking about the digital images we create as a collection in its own right which needs to be managed & conserved. Eventually, the database will also be able to automatically spit out xml and ead mark-up on the Objects documented.

    Does anyone have a similar set-up, or a different solution to managing digital images? If you are part of a consortium (e.g. you are contributing to AMICO), how do you hand over your images & the metadata pertaining to those images? Does the consortium dictate a solution, e.g. you have to use a certain CMS which allows the tracking of surrogates & metadata? Or has anyone developed their own database / spreadsheet layout etc. to keep track of digital files?

    Let's talk!

    Guenter
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guenter Waibel Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Digital Media Developer http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Digital Imaging SIG Chair, MCN http://www.mcn.edu/visig_subscribe.taf mailto:guenter@uclink4.berkeley.edu Phone 510-643-8655 Fax 510-642-4889
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