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ALBUMS IN THE ATTIC. AN INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METADATA
ALBUMS IN THE ATTIC. AN INVESTIGATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC METADATA

Author(s): Vinayak Das Gupta
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Economy, Literary Texts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Geography, Regional studies, Library and Information Science, Maps / Cartography, Information Architecture, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Philology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: photographs; images; art history; metadata; material culture; ontology.

Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the challenges of creating online research collections, specifically for photographic objects. This examination considers the material aspects of the photograph and considers the manner in which they may be made accessible within a web resource. The article explores the challenges of attributing metadata for visual resources in an attempt to address some of the key issues in the production of resources in the Digital Humanities.

  • Issue Year: 62/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-74
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English