April 2001 - tdwg-content - lists.tdwg.org

Re: DIG35 Digital Image Metadata Standard
by Robert A. (Bob) Morris 27 Apr '01

27 Apr '01

Actually, "government and educational institutions" can get it free, according to the web site. Probably most readers of TDWG and Taxacom would qualify. Stan Blum writes: > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:33:00 -0700 > From: Stan Blum <sblum(a)calacademy.org> > To: TDWG-SDD(a)usobi.org > Subject: Re: DIG35 Digital Image Metadata Standard > > ... > Unfortunately, the DIG35 group now charges $35(USD) for the PDF of version > 1.0. The draft of v. 1.1, however, is FREE. (So get it now if you're > interested.) > > -Stan >

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DIG35 Digital Image Metadata Standard
by Robert A. (Bob) Morris 26 Apr '01

26 Apr '01

The DIG35 Initiative Group is circulating for comment a Draft of Version 1.1 of their metadata specificiation for digital images. See http://www.digitalimaging.org/i_dig35.html This extensive XML-based proposal standard allows the specification of content metadata, colorimetric metadata including ICC color profiles of the imaging system and characterization of the illuminant, intellectual property rights (IPR), history of the image, capture data including GPS data,... This is very cool stuff, from a group whose members include Adobe, Agfa, Kodak, Fujifilm, Canon, HP, and Microsoft. Look into this if you are publishing images and want such things down the road as: -distributed catalog access -remote color rendering with a high likelyhood looking like the original -standardized IPR so that micropayment software can pay you everytime somebody uses your image -ease of software comparison of your image to someone else's -.... Don't look into this if: - 200+ standards proposals turn you off - You want to wait until somebody builds the applications that make use of standards and then you want to not care about the standards, just the applications - You think XML is an American TV wrestling organization

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Re: DIG35 Digital Image Metadata Standard
by Stan Blum 26 Apr '01

26 Apr '01

At 02:21 PM 4/26/01 -0400, Robert A. (Bob) Morris wrote: >The DIG35 Initiative Group is circulating for comment a Draft of >Version 1.1 of their metadata specificiation for digital images. See >http://www.digitalimaging.org/i_dig35.html <--Cross-posted to TAXACOM and TDWG-SDD --> Version 1.0 is an excellent example of a metadata standard. It is well documented and (relatively) easily understood, AND strikes an excellent (IMHO) balance between simplicity and completeness. Highly recommended reading for anyone designing databases (not necessarily image databases) or working on data standards. Unfortunately, the DIG35 group now charges $35(USD) for the PDF of version 1.0. The draft of v. 1.1, however, is FREE. (So get it now if you're interested.) -Stan

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