Metadata and Annotating
Attaching text information to the image or group of images, for example:
- Keywords or tags
- Alt-text
- Caption
- Description
- Source
- Freeform comments
- Related links
- Pointers to uses of the image
- Rating
Searching
User searching - locate Locate images based on specified keywords or other metadata.
Federated search API.
Storing
Create basic repository structure and place Place images in the repository. AKA Also know as "upload."Manage multiple file formats (e.g. Illustrator or Photoshop, plus JPEG, TIFF) and multiple resolutions (thumbnail, web res, print res)" and "saving".
Updating
Replace or delete existing images .Also annotations and albums?and changing stored content.
Display
The GUI aspect of the tool, defining web browser navigation, thumbnail to zoom view behaviors, rollover, how metadata is shown, etc.
Presenting
Show thumbnails, images, metadata; extra features like zoom, rollover, etc.
Presenting
Show organized groups of images such as a slide show. Other details of presentation, e.g. animations, transitions.
Organizing
Managing logical groupings of images, e.g. " albums ."
Create "slideshow" based on albums or other constructs.
or slide shows. Placing selected images into sequences.Other details of presentation, e.g. animations, transitions.
Rights Management
Includes information Information related to the source of the image and also downstream terms of its use. When a user downloads an image, it must be made clear what rights they have and how the image must be cited.
Sharing
Support for rules that govern access and usage.
Sharing
Allow other people to do things with your images. Things likeDefine who can perform specific functions within the repository, especially:
- View
- Create and save album
- Annotate
- Download
- Update
- Store
See Authentication/Authorization
Accessing - aka Browsing?
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\[I'll assume accessing = browsing. Otherwise I don't know what it is. - Curt\]
Present the repository content in a hierarchically-organized set of standard groups -- i.e. library cataloging terms. Screenfuls of thumbnail images.
Authentication/Authorization
Allow users to be associated with particular read/write rights per the Sharing feature.
Create and manage user accounts.
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Download
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Allow users to download save selected images to specified site, perhaps with ZIP utility.
Archiving
Ability to export collections with associated metadata to an institutional archive.
Ability to mark images within the repository as no longer available for updating/annotation?
Additional Features proposed by Curt 4/16
Organizing
Create, save, and manage logical collections of images, e.g. "albums."
- Place selected images into sequences.
- Attach comments.
- Share albums.
- Export albums.
Workflow
Stages like create, draft, QA, review, publish.
APIs
For integration with other tools - course management (e.g. Stellar), content management system (OCW's),
Statistics
Track and report statistics about visits, downloads, and use of images and albums.
Features that seemed redundant in the 4/11 version?
Collaborating - redundant with Sharing?
Cross-cutting Features
Some features have little impact on other features, which some are strongly interdependent. For example, annotations/metadata strongly influences the usefulness of searching. And one can't insure the authority of content without authentication and authorizationPermanent storage and maintenance of images.