SEPIA descriptions of photograph collections

["Ecpa" <Ecpa _at__ bureau.knaw.nl>]

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SEPIA descriptions of photograph collections

Within the framework of the EU-funded Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA)-project (URL:<http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/sepia/>), the working group on descriptive models has been working on an advisory report to provide recommendations on how to describe a photographic collection. A draft version of this report is now available for comments at:
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/sepia/workinggroups/wp5/advisory30.pdf (PDF, 1619 KB)

The task of the working group has been to analyse existing methods to describe photographs and devise a basic model. The SEPIA model will be presented in an advisory report and applied in a software tool. The draft report contains an extensive overview of the multi-level structure and individual elements of the model, a recommended mapping to Qualified Dublin Core and a summary of core elements. The core elements are meant to be used as guidelines for institutions that wish to have a basic description model for their photo collection. The model as a whole provides a more detailed set of guidelines.

The final version of the advisory report (and the software tool that will implement it) is scheduled for August 2003. We would very much appreciate to receive your comments before the 28th of April. Please feel free to contact me for any additional information.

Edwin Klijn
SEPIA Working group on Descriptive Models, 
telephone ++31-20 551 08 47
e-mail: edwin.klijn _at__ bureau.knaw.nl
  

The SEPIA working group on descriptive models consists of:
- Stockholm City Museum 
- Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority
- National Library of Spain 
- Finnish Museum of Photography 
- European Commission on Preservation and Access

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