DIN: The Digital Imaging Network
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DIN: Digital Imaging Network
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Managing Digital Projects ResourceEver wonder what exif was. This is an unoffical site, but with some interesting information, including a litst what fields several cameras populate and a free DAM. The Rights and Reproduction Information Network (RARIN) is a taskforce of the Registrars Committee - a Standing Professional Committee of the American Association of Museums. |
TipSince all digital information is based on numbers (01001), programmers have long used something called Checksum to compare files. It is simply the sum of the files numerical code. If the checksum is different then the file is different. Now digital imagers are using this method to verify the preservation of their images. An image browser called ThumbsPlus (version 7) nicely creates reference thumbnails and stores MD5 checksum values in its back-end database. This way you can quickly create new checksums for your files to compare with the original checksums and thus know if your file has been corrupted or modified in some way. |
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Do you have a unique solution or problem to share with others? Please submit it via email to DIN
Problem - Creating a Central repository
When I first became involved in the planning of digital image collections, I maintained that there were three components – creation, storage and management [InformationWeek, November 25, 1995] that “are interlocking pieces that use different equipment and software, but whose configurations affect the technology requirements of the others.” While I would now substitute the term access for storage, I would still support my main point; each component or process is affected by the others and should be treated as part of the whole.
This summer I was able to attend a conference that made great strides in the integration of these components and those who work with them. It was entitled the Summer Summit on Images and was organized by the Visual Resource Managers of the Universities of California system or the UC Sliders.
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