Message-Id: <mailto:199603011216.GAA21649@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:42:56 -0330 From: Bruce Lane <mailto:blane@CALVIN.STEMNET.NF.CA> Subject: Re: Databases for multi-image documents To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
I have produced a CD-ROM using Picture Windows. It is a fully functional image database and images can be accessed by keyword. There are 300 photos of Newfoundland on the CD.I've forwarded your posting to Matrix Technologies who wrote the program.
At 07:36 PM 2/29/96 -0500, Bob Rosenberg wrote: >We have an item-level database for some 80,000 documents. We are going to
>link that database to images (8-bit grayscale, for the most part) of the
>documents. Many of the documents are multi-page; at present we have one
>record for each document. Since they are on microfilm, the database record
>need only take you to the first frame of the document. Once they are
>digitized, that will not be the case. There are added complexities in the
>form of notebooks with undated entries and dates out of order, documents
>with pieces in odd places, and more--in other words, we cannot simply assume
>that the next frame is the next image. We are exploring options for new
>fields in the database to contain information about previous/next image in
>the document, how many images there are, and so on. Has anyone had
>experience with this sort of digital archive or database?
>
>Looking to our next problem, has anyone created or used a program that can
>link the images to the database? It will have to display the image and the
>data record, and ideally it will allow us to capture the image filename with
>a keystroke for entry in the database.
>
>Not much--just the moon.
>
>Bob Rosenberg
>
>
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