Presented by Gregory Reser at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, April 18th - April 21st, 2012, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Session: Embedded metadata in cultural image collections and beyond Over the past few years visual resources professionals have increasingly been using embedded metadata as an effective way to collect initial cataloging data, to ensure the delivery of key information with images, to archive image information, and to link VRA Core 4 with other schemas in the larger digital imaging environment. The activities and case study examples presented by panel members will include improving workflow efficiency within visual resources operations and developing ongoing relations with the International Press Telecommunications Council, a pioneer in embedding metadata into images. While this work addresses the immediate needs of visual resources for art, architecture, and related fields, it simultaneously looks outward to the increasing interoperability of all digital materials available in library collections and on the world wide web. ORGANIZER & MODERATOR: Steve Tatum, Virginia Tech PRESENTERS: 1: Sheryl Frisch, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2: Joshua Lynn and Heidi Raatz, Minneapolis Institute of Arts 3: Gregory Reser, University of California, San Diego 4: Steve Tatum, Virginia Tech

1. Embedded Metadata and
the do-it-yourselfer
Greg Reser
UC, San Diego Library

8. very
resourceful
and clever group of people
dedicated to furthering research and
education in the field of image
management within the educational,
cultural heritage, and commercial
environments

11. Work Creator
Display
Name Last
Name First
Culture
Role
Date Earliest
Date Latest
Dates Display
Display Name
Work Creator Name Sort (ULAN)

16. VRA Core 4
FOAF
CDWA lite

17. vrae:agentDetails
cdwalite:displayCreator

18. vrae:agentDetails
vrae:nameType
vrae:nameVocab
vrae:nameRefid

19. vrae:agentDetails
foaf:lastName
foaf:firstName

20. vrae:agentDetails
vrae:culture
vrae:role

21. vrae:agentDetails
cdwalite:vitalDatesCreator
vrae:dateEarliest
vrae:dateLatest

22. <vrae:work.agentDetails>
<cdwalite:descriptive.displayCreator>Lapuerta
Montoya, José María (Spanish architect, born 1961)
<cdwalite:vitalDates> born 1961
<foaf:lastName>Lapuerta Montoya
<foaf:firstName> José María
<vrae:nameType> personal
<vrae:nameVocab> ULAN
<vrae:nameRefid> 500232920
<vrae:dateEarliest> 1961
<vrae:dateLatest> 9999
<vrae:culture> Spanish
<vrae:role> architect
</vrae:work.agentDetails>

23. <vrae:work.agentDetails>
<cdwalite:descriptive.displayCreator>Lapuerta
Montoya, José María (Spanish architect, born 1961)
<cdwalite:vitalDates> born 1961
<foaf:lastName>Lapuerta Montoya
<foaf:firstName> José María
<vrae:nameType> personal
<vrae:nameVocab> ULAN
<vrae:nameRefid> 500232920
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<vrae:role> architect
</vrae:work.agentDetails>

24. <vrae:work.agentDetails>
<cdwalite:descriptive.displayCreator> Lapuerta
Montoya, José María (Spanish architect, born 1961)
<cdwalite:vitalDates> born 1961
<foaf:lastName> Lapuerta Montoya
<foaf:firstName> José María
<vrae:nameType> personal
<vrae:nameVocab> ULAN
<vrae:nameRefid> 500232920
<vrae:dateEarliest> 1961
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<vrae:culture> Spanish
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</vrae:work.agentDetails>

25. <vrae:work.agentDetails>
<cdwalite:descriptive.displayCreator> Lapuerta
Montoya, José María (Spanish architect, born 1961)
<cdwalite:vitalDates> born 1961
<foaf:lastName> Lapuerta Montoya
<foaf:firstName> José María
<vrae:nameType> personal
<vrae:nameVocab> ULAN
<vrae:nameRefid> 500232920
<vrae:dateEarliest> 1961
<vrae:dateLatest> 9999
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</vrae:work.agentDetails>

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28. 10 main divisions
450 basic categories
28,000 concepts
1.3 million notations

29. http://iconclass.org/help/lod

30. 71F37

31. Iconclass web data

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Iconclass JSON - English keywords

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Iconclass JSON - full hierarchy codes

38. Wouldn’t it be nice if…

39. Iconclass XMP data

40. Iconclass XMP URI

42. Wouldn’t it be nice if…

43. Wouldn’t it be nice if…

45. Wouldn’t it be nice if…

46. Wouldn’t it be nice if…

47. Isn’t that what a relational
database does?

51. EXIF Exchangeable Image File Format
International Press Telecommunications Council
Dublin Core
GPS
?

54. creator
creator role
title
measurements
material / technique
date display
earliest / latest date
current location (sort of)
subject
rights
source
IPTC Extension
view type
properties view subject (sort of)

55. creator
creator role
title
measurements
material / technique
date display
earliest / latest date
current location
subject
rights
source
CCO core
view type
properties view subject

56. Iconclass XMP URI

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Iconclass JSON - French heading

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Iconclass JSON - German heading

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Iconclass JSON - Italian heading

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61. creator ID

62. </rdf:Description>
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<skos:altLabel>Picasso, Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano de la Santissima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco
1881-1973</skos:altLabel>
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63. Getty CONA ID: 500027669
Wouldn’t it be nice if…

64. Can’t I use semantic web
technologies in my
central database?

65. Latest project