LISTSERV mailing list manager LISTSERV 16.5

Help for CODE4LIB Archives


CODE4LIB Archives

CODE4LIB Archives


CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG


View:

Message:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Topic:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Author:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

Font:

Proportional Font

LISTSERV Archives

LISTSERV Archives

CODE4LIB Home

CODE4LIB Home

CODE4LIB  June 2009

CODE4LIB June 2009

Subject:

Re: Digital imaging questions

From:

Jason Stirnaman <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:49:30 -0500

Content-Type:

text/plain

Parts/Attachments:

Parts/Attachments

text/plain (144 lines)

> and then write a parser (in Python or Ruby) that
> will read the values from that spreadsheet and produce a dublin_core.xml

Sai,

That work has already been done in PHP: http://tds.terkko.helsinki.fi/utils/ I just used it for a small project. I tweaked it a tiny bit and tried to clarify the documentation, but otherwise it works really well.
Regarding the DSpace metadata registry, I'd recommend sending your question to dspace-tech maillist.

Jason
-- 



>>> On 6/18/2009 at 1:38 PM, in message
<[log in to unmask]>, Andrew Hankinson
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure you can add extra fields to the dublin_core.xml file and
> import it. I think I did something like this a few years ago, but I'm a bit
> fuzzy on the details.
> For the metadata creation, it might be worth your while to save the Excel
> spreadsheet to a CSV file and then write a parser (in Python or Ruby) that
> will read the values from that spreadsheet and produce a dublin_core.xml
> file. If you gather the photo files in the same location,
> you can then use the DSpace bulk importer to import everything into
> your collection.
> 
> See here:
> http://www.tdl.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/DSpaceBatchImportFormat.pdf 
> 
> You may be able to add extra fields to the search index. See here:
> http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Modify_search_fields 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Deng, Sai <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Andrew and Yan,
>> Thanks for the reply and the information!
>>
>> About DSpace metadata registry, we can add new schema or new elements to
>> it, but the elements won’t be searchable, right? (We can change the
>> input-forms.xml to make it display in the submission workflow if we will
>> have item by item submission.)
>>
>> In our case, we already have the herbarium metadata in excel sheet created
>> by Biology Dept. They are now in loose Darwin Core and kind of free style.
>> If I would like to do data transformation (transform it to a mixture of DC
>> and Darwin Core possibly) and batch import the xml to DSpace, how to
>> proceed? Where should I add the Darwin Core metadata (in the dublin_core.xml
>> as well)? It seems that it only has dcvalue element.
>>
>> Sai
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Andrew Hankinson
>> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:03 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask] 
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital imaging questions
>>
>> Hi Sai,
>> "Archival Quality Images" has some meaning, but it might be helpful to look
>> up a standard and start your investigation for a new camera based on the
>> recommendations of that standard. You might find this page from the Library
>> of Congress helpful:
>>
>> http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/content/still.shtml 
>>
>> I think your indication that RAW/TIFF is a pretty safe bet, but being able
>> to point to an actual standard might make your case for a new camera a bit
>> more convincingly.  Other factors to take into account (other than
>> megapixels and format) are color reproduction, image 'noise'
>> specifications,
>> DPI, lighting, (and probably many other things).
>>
>> For DSpace you don't even need to map the elements of Dublin Core to
>> DarwinCore. Dspace has the ability to input different schema in its
>> metadata
>> registry. You can then modify the "inputforms.xml" file in the Dspace
>> config
>> directory to add the appropriate fields for the additional metadata fields.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>> -Andrew
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Deng, Sai <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, list,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A while ago, I read some interesting discussion on how to use camera to
>> > produce archival-quality images from this list. Now, I have some imaging
>> > questions and I think this might be a good list to turn to. Thank you in
>> > advance! We are trying to add some herbarium images to our DSpace. The
>> > specimen pictures will be taken at the Biology department and the library
>> is
>> > responsible for depositing the images and transferring/mapping/adding
>> > metadata. On the testing stage, they use Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd digital
>> > camera
>> >
>> > (
>> >
>> 
> http://www.fujifilmusa.com/support/ServiceSupportSoftwareContent.do?dbid=8747 
> 16&prodcat=871639&sscucatid=664260
>> ).
>> > It produces 8 megapixel images, and it doesn't have raw/tiff support. It
>> > seems that it cannot produce archival quality images. Before we persuade
>> the
>> > Biology department to switch their camera, I want to make sure it is
>> > absolutely necessary. The pictures they took look fine with human eyes,
>> see
>> > an example at:
>> >
>> http://library.wichita.edu/techserv/test/herbarium/Astenophylla1-02710.jpg 
>> >
>> > In order to make master images from a camera, it should be capable of
>> > producing raw or tiff images with 12 or above megapixels?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > A related archiving question, the biology field standard is DarwinCore,
>> > however, DSpace doesn't support it. The Biology Dept. already has some
>> data
>> > in spreadsheet. In this case, when it is impossible to map all the
>> elements
>> > to Dublin Core, is it a good practice for us to set up several local
>> > elements mapped from DarwinCore?
>> >
>> > Thanks a million,
>> >
>> > Sai
>> >
>> >
>> > Sai Deng
>> > Metadata Catalog Librarian
>> > Wichita State University Libraries
>> > 1845 Fairmount
>> > Wichita, KS 67260-0068
>> > Phone: (316) 978-5138
>> > Fax:       (316) 978-3048
>> > Email: [log in to unmask] 
>> >             [log in to unmask] 
>> >
>>

Top of Message | Previous Page | Permalink

Advanced Options


Options

Log In

Log In

Get Password

Get Password


Search Archives

Search Archives


Subscribe or Unsubscribe

Subscribe or Unsubscribe


Archives

March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003

ATOM RSS1 RSS2



LISTS.CLIR.ORG

CataList Email List Search Powered by the LISTSERV Email List Manager