Metadata for the masses
Fri, 2005/05/06 - 3:01am — mark
CNN has published an amusing article on the benefits of tagging ideas, images, videos, and people, concluding that "If they're properly tagged, they're far easier to find." What a great idea -- institutions who digitize dusty photos and books could learn a lot from this article. All kidding aside, the EXIF metadata in the files coming out of digital cameras and the track info encoded in MP3 and other digital audio formats illustrate how mainstreamed it has become to embed metadata in digital objects. Now, if I could only find some good software to extract the metadata embedded in some of the people I know...
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Tagging could be really
Tagging could be really useful, but the sheer volume of digital files makes it hard to do. I just downloaded 248 pictures from my camera. I sorted them, then went through them, rotating sideways pictures, sharpening slightly blurry pics, lightening dark pics, darkening light pics, and removing redeye. This took a looong time. To add tags for all the locations and people in those pictures would take forever!
While it's good to see
While it's good to see public consciousness about metadata/cataloguing being raised (particularly during this period of ever-increasing Google mindshare), I am a bit concerned that this article trivializes the effort and expense it takes to create useful metadadata... anyone up to writing a rebuttall here on digitizationblog?
'Tagging' helps unclutter
'Tagging' helps unclutter data
CNN.com - 'Tagging' helps unclutter data - May 3, 2005
Interesting to read an article about 'tagging' in the maintstream media. I find myself reading articles like this and saying to myself: HELLO! It's called CATALOGING! Whether you want t...