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MUSEUM SPEAKER

• METADATA IN THE MUSEUM WORLD
• BY SAM MINELLI (ANDREA DE POLO)
• FRATELLI ALINARI ARCHIVE
• MILE WORKSHOP, FIRENZE

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TOPICS OF THE DAY

• 1. Digitization Overview of techniques to
• transform a work of art into a digital file
• 2. Image preparation Process to assure the
• match between the file and the original (color
• management, watermarking, etc)
• 3. Printing Art Summary of challenges
• 4. Delivery How digital printing is transformed
• 5. METADATA importance of controlled and
  harmonized vocabulary/Museum needs

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• Digitization Overview of techniques to
• transform a work of art into a digital file (1/4)
• The first step in building up of ALINARI
  education project is the access to the historic
  and contemporary ALINARI photographs archive
  set-up from all over the world during more than
  150 years of activity. Images specifically
  selected for the educational and business
  sectors.

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• Digitization Overview of techniques to
• transform a work of art into a digital file (3/4)
• Second step is the preparation of the images to
  be digitized (restoration if necessary). Image
  image is carrying out a unique picture ID number
  that will be use to name the digital file and
  start afterwords the multi lingual indexing
  process

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• Digitization Overview of techniques to
• transform a work of art into a digital file (4/4)
• Third step is the preparation of the digital
  process it is important to use a high quality
  scanner or top notch digital capture device, a
  SAVVY (!!!) and RELIABLE color space (like Adobe
  RGB 98), and last, proof the output, frequently!

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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DIGITAL PHOTO LIBRARIES INTO THE 21st CENTURY

• Tutorial 2
• Andrea de Polo-ALINARI ARCHIVE

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• Image Preparation color management and
  watermarking (1/3)
• It is important to highlight the fact that the
  computers are weekly calibrated using the X-RITE
  92 spectrum control device, the ColourVision and
  Gretag software the images are colour corrected
  and approved on an HP 5500ps 42 inches Designjet,
  UV based colour printer and an HP Designjet 10ps
  (ICC profiled).

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• Image Preparation color management and
  watermarking (2/3)
• UV inks are used in order to assure to the image
  a better lifespan (under normal lighting and
  temperature conditions., up to 70 years).
• the multi lingual indexing process

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Watermarking on the fly ImageBridge by Digimarc
Corp.
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• Printing Art Summary of challenges,
  possibilities (types of media, durability, etc.)
  (1/2)
• CHALLENGERS
• Printing anywhere, anytime and in any possible
  condition
• Most Alinari images are well known!

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• Printing Art Summary of challenges,
  possibilities (types of media, durability, etc.)
  (2/2)
• ALINARI COOK BOOK
• GMG Rip sw
• GRETAG system calibration
• HP UV inks and designjet series (70 yrs.)
• Consistent color space (ICC Adobe 98 and 16 bit
  raw data capture)
• Jpeg 2000 for maximum performances

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• Delivery How digital printing is transforming
  the way that archives,
• publishers, museums, etc. work
• The key issue is INTEROPARABILITY!
• The workflow must be consistent, savvy and
  reliable!
• Images can be delivered via traditional or
  digital form (slides, CD, ftp, email)
• Importance to provide to the end user all the
  necessary information to open the file properly!

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• METADATA IN MUSEUMS 1/3
• 1. How to take advantage of the web?
• 2. What to learn from your clients?
• 3. What to learn from your competitors?
• 4. How to make your content more visible?
• 5. Where to look for new opportunities..,
  and for more ?
• 6. Importance for standard indexing and
  harmonized/recognized indexing wording
• 7. Bring metadata in museum requires training!

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• METADATA IN MUSEUMS 2/3
• 1. Alinari experience with DublinCore and
  controlled keywords
• 2. Importance of quality descriptors
• 3. Importance to extended personalized and
  customized metadata in hardware devices (ie
  digital cameras, scanners, etc.)
• 4. Importance of harmonized metadata descriptors
  among major content providers, first, and than to
  the community

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• METADATA IN MUSEUMS 3/3
• 1. Metadata in museums should included info
  about provenance of the work of art, creator,
  time of creation and time of digitalization, info
  and/or comment from the museum curator, archivist
  
• 2. Importance for trusted ownership mechanism
  (ie. Registration Authority?) and how to
  harmonize IPR and ownership EASLY across Europe?

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• WHEN METADATA WILL SUCCEED OVERALL?
• 1. Importance to create many workshops and round
  table discussions across Europe
• 2. Important to promote needs for metadata
  acceptance
• 3. Importance to have the news/media heavily and
  actively involved!

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• ALINARI MAIN INTEREST
• HARMONIZATION OF METADATA OVERALL SOLUTION
• BULDING-UP A HIGH QUALITY METADATA SET OF
  KEYWORDS TO BE IMPLIMENTED ON ANY GIVEN DB (IE.
  INTO SYBASE, MYSQL, SQL SERVER, ORACLE, INFORMIX,
  )

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• FOOD FOR DISCUSSION
• MAYBE AN EUROPEN PROJECT CAN HELP TO REDUCE
  TODAYS GAP ON METADATA WIDE ACCEPTANCE?
• IMPORTANCE TO INCLUDE IN THIS LOOP NOT ONLY
  CONTENT PROVIDERS BUT ALSO HW/SW SUPPLIERS
  (CANON, NIKON, HP, ADOBE, APPLE..)

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• THANKS FOR YOR PARTICIPATION! -)
• ANDREA_at_ALINARI.IT
• SAM_at_ALINARI.IT