Capture a leading developer of image and digital asset management systems from the UK has announced that it has integrated the PLUS (Picture Licensing Universal System) standards into its web-based asset management system Capture Office Online (COO). According to a press release issued by the company “This means that the PLUS media matrix can be used in COO to specify standardized usage categories – and then generate prices easily (and the unique PLUS price code) by using COO’s price factoring facility”.

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Posted by Brent Phelps at May 08, 2008 | Comments (0)

Two of the most influential trade organizations in the European media, IPTC and Ifra, have organized the first international conference focused specifically on the topic of photo metadata. The event will take place in Florence, Italy on Thursday, June 7 of this year and will coincide with the annual CEPIC conference of picture archive companies. Adobe Systems, Inc. will sponsor the one-day conference.

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Posted by Chris Ferrone at April 10, 2007 | Comments (0)

The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (UPDIG) has released updated guidelines for digital imaging. The release includes an executive summary with 12 concise guidelines and a Complete Guide for those looking for more detail. The guidelines were produced primarily from the photographer’s perspective but UPDIG has labored to incorporate the concerns of all users of Digital imaging to make the guidelines useful for anyone involved with digital imaging.

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Posted by Brent Phelps at November 16, 2006 | Comments (0)

How does the software industry implement IPTC metadata standards in their digital photo management software? The IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) has published a list of more than 50 software applications that support the photo metadata standards IIM (Information Interchange Model) and IPTC core. The list provides an outstanding overview of the usual software solutions utilizing IPTC standards along with comments from the corresponding software vendors.

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Posted by Stefan Hartmann at November 16, 2006 | Comments (0)

The President of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), Roger Ressmeyer, has published a letter to its membership concerning Metadata Standards. The new metadata standards, if they are widely accepted, would aid anyone involved in stock image licensing (Stock Photography Agencies, Photographers, Art Buyers, Etc...), to manage their image licensing activities more efficiently. In addition PACA hopes the new standards would prove beneficial for those who wish to submit their work to any of the anticipated global image registries intended to protect the copyright owner in the event that Orphan Works legislation is enacted. Ressmeyer’s letter, in its entirety, follows:

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Posted by Brent Phelps at July 17, 2006 | Comments (0)