On a different, but related, note ...
I've been looking into annotation frameworks, specifically the (quite)
new combined W3C Open Annotation initiative [1]. This promises a future
where we can treat annotations as part of the Linked Data web. There
appear to be a number of academic projects which have tackled this
framework at various levels of practicality [2], and as a result there
is some software around [3]. However, I get a sense that this was all a
couple of years ago, and maybe the energy levels are dropping ... ?
Is there interest within the group in being able to annotate both
marked-up texts and page images, adding comments, interpretations,
subject keywords, Linked Data identifiers etc. to them, and to do so at
web scale (i.e. transcending our individual databases/web sites)? Any
successes to report, or cautionary tales to share?
Richard
[1] https://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/
[2] e.g. http://www.openannotation.org/Partners.html
[3] https://hypothes.is/alpha/;
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/eresearch/projects/aus-e-lit/lore
On 13/02/2015 17:44, Pugh, Jo wrote:
> I would say that if the information I want in a book is on p.438, I'm grateful for having all the pages.
>
> TNA's image viewer *should* (I think) be viewable free, externally via a link like:
> http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9169122#imageViewerLink
>
> That one's not too big but some are seriously large. I haven't had it fall over but as they get serious it gets slow and you find yourself reaching for the PDF option. (Belt and braces - don't go grabbing the pitchforks and torches).
>
> It doesn't offer the ability to link to any folio, though that would be nice.
>
> Jo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Ellis
> Sent: 13 February 2015 17:09
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] Presenting Multiple images of objects
>
> There are lots of possible tech solutions if you have to do this - infinite scrolling, lazy loading (example:
> http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyload) but really I'd question what user value there is to having 450 images of...well, anything.
>
> I don't think I'd go single image but instead maybe load in 10 other as thumbs, but do it nicely so you've got a responsive lightboxy thing going on and then just deal with the others as additional views or whatever.
>
> Certainly loading 450 at once is a no-go... :-)
>
> Mike
>
> On Friday, February 13, 2015, Tony Crockford <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>> On 13 Feb 2015, at 16:09, Andrew Davis <
>> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>> Are we missing something obvious? As always, there's budgetary
>> constraints at work, and we need to have something that we can make
>> available in the near future, but we'd need the solution to be
>> scalable and ideally one that will last us for the lifetime of this
>> iteration of our online collection.
>>> Any comments and suggestions gratefully received!
>> As a user I really don’t like slow loading pages with huge galleries
>> of images and I really, really don’t like page turning presentations.
>>
>> As a developer I can see why your developers might suggest limiting
>> the number per record, but I’d be suggesting going further and
>> presenting each record with a *single* image initially, but create a
>> series of linked pages for every other image you have for that record
>> (a user will only download them until they get bored - storage space
>> is then your consideration - 450 images sounds like a whole book!
>>
>> A list of links to images is one way, a link to the first image that
>> links to the next is another. The web is good at hyperlinking and
>> loading images, it breaks when you try and load all the images at once
>> and display them one by one (like most javascript galleries do)
>>
>> Your developer should be able to prepare html files for each image
>> that links to the next - if you wish to add a page turning paradigm to
>> that, just have the next and previous links at the corners…
>>
>> If you keep the web simple it will be fast and enjoyable.
>>
>> Just my Friday 2p worth of opinion.
>>
>> :o)
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