Cooper Union Software Venture

MIRSKY LAWRENCE (mailto:mirsky@COOPER.EDU)
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:38:33 -0400

Message-Id: <199706240003.RAA40174@dns.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:38:33 -0400
From: MIRSKY LAWRENCE <mailto:mirsky@COOPER.EDU>
Subject:      Cooper Union Software Venture
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

Cooper Union Seeks Business Partner for Software Product

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art has developed a software program to build the National Graphic Design Image Database. Designed by Cooper Union and an outside developer,Seth Kaufman, the on-line image database allows users and catalogers to access and input images and data using web browsers worldwide. The key features of the system are listed below.

Cooper Union seeks a business partner to further develop, market and distribute the software product. Access is currently restricted to educational sites. Please e-mail mailto:mirsky@cooper.edu and mailto:seth@whirl-i-gig.com for additional information.

Sincerely,

Lawrence Mirsky, Project Director National Graphic Design Image Database The Cooper Union

Assistant Director The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography The Cooper Union

System Features

Access and Input Data using Web Browsers Worldwide.

Client Software Runs on all Major Platforms

Supports Multiple, Concurrent Users for Queries and Cataloguing

Supports Standard Media Types for Still and Motion Imagery, Sound and Multimedia

Accomodates Individual Interface Identities

Supports Cataloguing at an Arbitrary Level of Detail

Data Model Allows Cross-Disciplinary Applications

Comprehensive Import and Export C apabilities

Supports Industry Standard Lexographic Tools

Server software is an executable application that runs under WindowsNT or Macintosh as either a CGI application to a third party web server or as a standalone application with its own built-in web server.