Image Metadata
Library Cataloging

Image Metadata


Fotonotes allows text to be associated with areas of JPEG images.
It allows you to embed stories in a picture and, as you roll your mouse over the image, sections are highlighted and the text appears .... Now, think about how Fotonotes can be used to embed metadata in images so that they can be related by database functionality.
MPEG 7 is supposed to have metadata abilities. This might be less a metadata tool and more of a linking or annotation tool, still valuable but not the same. Seen at the Shifted Librarian.




- Vra Core Metadata Tool
Seen on the Mod librarian. This is one of the coolest things ever - an export/import tool for a custom VRA Core metadata XMP panel. This tool, designed to be used with Adobe Bridge, allows you to export VRA Core metadata from images with existing metadata...

- Photographic Metadata
I was recently asked about adding metadata to photographs. After describing our tools, I did a quick search and found a MS image metadata tool, Microsoft Photo Info. Who could have guess so many folks would want to catalog images? I have yet to give it...

- Image Rights Metadata
Creative Commons has announced enhancements to a tool for embedding rights metadata in image files.A couple weeks ago we announced a Java tool for embedding XMP metadata in PDFs. Now Jon Phillips has taken the pjmt PHP library and wrapped it with simple...

- Metadata
The Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building (CLiMB) is an interesting research project.The techniques to be developed in the CLiMB project thus offer the promise not only of improving the creation of descriptive metadata, but also of increasing...

- Indexing
The Electronic Library v. 20 no. 4 has an interesting paper on automation in indexing. "Obtaining feedback for indexing from highlighted text" by Miguel Villarroel; Pablo de la Fuente; Alberto Pedrero; Jesús Vegas; Joaquín Adiego.This work presents...



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