Re: Databases

Bob Rosenberg (mailto:rarosenb@GANDALF.RUTGERS.EDU)
Fri, 10 Feb 1995 11:52:05 -0500

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Date:         Fri, 10 Feb 1995 11:52:05 -0500
From: Bob Rosenberg <mailto:rarosenb@GANDALF.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Databases
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

>I'm looking for image manipulation software with odd properties:
>
>I'd like to be able to 1)search a database of images 2) select, by choosing
>individually, a sub-group of the total database; 3) name and have the ability
>to recall instantly this sub-group (and other subgroups) 4) have the ability
>to edit this sub-group easily (swapping out one image for another, and to
>change the position of an image in the subgroup, hopefully by dragging it) 5)
>be able to assign keywords to any image I choose, and thus the ability to
>recall any images labeled with the same keyword(s). Finally, and probably
>unattainably in any existing package (?) I'd like the ability to assign any
>subgroup to a timeline. So that, for instance, I can take an icon
>representing subgroup A and drag it to year 1, or year two, or year three on
>my timeline. By double-clicking on the timeline, I would like to be able to
>see which subgroups have been placed where, within it.
>
Dave: You should contact Pierre Ageron (mailto:Pierre.Ageron@univ-lyon2.fr) and ask about the system they have developed. I think it will do everything you want except the last. It is designed for a networked environment, but you will find it quite remarkable. They planned to have it available on the net; I don't know if it is yet.

Bob Rosenberg + Supposing is good, Thomas Edison Papers + but finding out Rutgers University + is better. New Brunswick, NJ 08903 + --Twain mailto:rarosenb@gandalf.rutgers.edu