For example, they can use image-editing software on their PC to add explanatory captions to each photo from their vacation in China, and then upload those photos to a photo sharing Web site. Additionally, consumers can easily share their captured experiences by using metadata to tell the story or narration behind their images. Professional photographers can associate information about camera settings, copyright information and image manipulation techniques within the image in order to recreate images and recap their work. By using XML as the recommended encoding method, DIG35 is Internet ready and easy to implement on e-commerce sites. Instead of spending valuable time painstakingly looking at each image file to determine the content, businesses can search by any associated metadata to locate an image and read the descriptive elements.
For example, e-commerce businesses can manage and utilize their assets more effectively and efficiently by simply being able to quickly retrieve the right image for any given purpose. The power this brings to the user cannot be overstated."īusinesses, professionals and consumers can all utilize metadata in order to manage images. Every object that travels around the global network can be its own stand-alone catalogue record, ready to be understood, organized, retrieved and utilized intelligently. It is your intellectual capital." Alexis Gerard, president of Future Image agreed and continued, "The marriage of objects and metadata have exponentially more value than either component in isolation. "It is perhaps more valuable than the object it describes. "Metadata is absolutely crucial to managing your assets," said Tony Henning, senior analyst at Future Image.
Ltd., HP, Microsoft Corp., NETIMAGE, PhotoChannel Networks Inc., PhotoWorks Inc., PictureIQ Corp., Polaroid Corp., and have collaborated for 18 months to create a robust platform agnostic, application and file format independent set of metadata for describing elements of an image. With millions of digital images now produced yearly, this capability is critical for enabling users to effectively organize, find, retrieve and share their images instantly.ĭIG35 member companies, Adobe Systems Inc., AGFA-GEVAERT N.V., Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Co., Fuji Photo Film Co. The Digital Imaging Group (DIG) today released the final DIG35 Metadata Specification providing a cohesive and consistent set of metadata definitions to the imaging industry.ĭIG35 provides the first persistent way for digital images to become rich, completely self-contained sources of information, regardless of where they travel on the global network. Digital Imaging Group (DIG) Announces the Completion of DIG35, the Digital Imaging Metadata Standard New Specification Available for Public Download on DIG Web Site For Developers of Imaging Products and Services
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