I agree with Janet that image management needs to stay separate but data flows through Collections Management and CMS and metadata stripping and lack of functionality in Web CMS systems affects the ability of an organisation to embed attribution in images which are cut loose from the web site, such as those control-click downloaded from museum web sites for educational and private use. (not to mention commercial picture researchers)
This is the stripping Janet mentions, and I think it's quite an issue for publicly funded organisations, affecting their ability to disseminate free content effectively with the correct attribution and descriptive data the public need. This is my thing at the moment and I'd love it to be taken seriously throughout the museum content workflow, as although it (still) makes sense to have separate systems, interoperability demands some common standards on metadata handling.
The importance of this interoperability has been recognised by the Metadata Working Group
http://www.metadataworkinggroup.org
and the IPTC Embedded Metadata Initiative (which I am involved in as a member of the IPTC Photo Metadata Working group)
(see also my blogs
http://electriclane.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/data-exchange-in-heritage-why-we-need.html
and others.)
Are there any comments on this issue from anyone else in the group?
Sarah
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