You already know what metadata tagging is and why it’s an important component of efficient digital asset management. But did you know that there are several types of metadata? Actually, there are only three main types, but it’s important to understand each type and how they function to make your assets more easily discoverable. So, if you’re not sure what … Read More
What is Metadata Tagging?
Metadata is information used to describe a digital asset – in other words, it’s “data about data.” By using terms associated with a digital object to describe it, such as the date a file was created, the name of a file, an asset type or category, or the subject matter of a particular object, metadata helps to organize digital objects … Read More
Inside DAM: What is Metadata?
Let’s explore metadata and how it is used in a DAM. What if a picture was actually a crate in the crowded Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse? How would you find it? Well, it sure would help of you knew stuff about the crate. Things like when did it get here? Who put it in the warehouse? How big … Read More
Metadata the real truth from within
Photo Metadata can be traced back far beyond modern digital photography, (notes scribbled on the frame of a slide mount), but the seeds were sown for modern digital metadata in 1990 with the release of the IPTC’s (International Press Telecommunications Council) general purpose Information Interchange Model (IIM). Modern digital metadata took root with the release of Adobe Photoshop 95, which … Read More
This DAM knows its Colors
As I was watching The Masters this weekend, arguably the best golf tournament in the world, I was once again struck by all the magnificent colors at Augusta National. I could talk about how even the best golf players in the world can have a bad day or how our local pro Davis Love III hit a hole-in-one but I … Read More
Moving beyond the typical DAM folder structure
There’s nothing more important than staying organized when it comes to managing all your content. In most instances we have defined a folder structure that meets our need for the most part. It’s not perfect but hey, it works, right? Folders within folders that group items as best as possible. Searching is not the best at times and keeping everything … Read More
Metadata Field Labels made simple at a Family Buffet
This past holiday I was very fortunate to have spent some time with an unusually large amount of family members. And with time spent with that amount of people after not seeing them for a long time, you get a lot of curious stares due to 3 main reasons 1) the uncertainty of which parental tree I fell from 2) … Read More
How does search work in a DAM Software Solution? (Part 3 – Power of Taxonomy -includes video demo)
What is a Taxonomy? In simple terms it is a way of grouping or classifying things that are part of a group within a hierarchal tree structure. A great example of this is what we learned in high school earth science with the hierarchy of an organism within a domain. Or what was known as KPCOFGS (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, … Read More
How does search work in a DAM Software Solution? (Part 2 – Power of search within a DAM- includes video demo)
So how is a DAM better than just storing files in a folder structure on a server? Simply put, it is easier to search for what you are looking for vs trying to recall where you might have placed it (possibly in a folder somewhere on an external drive). In Part 1 we discuss the power of applying metadata to … Read More
How does search work in a DAM Software Solution? (Part 1 Metadata: making digital objects searchable)
Are you losing digital objects within your folder structure? Typically most people have about a thirty day memory of where they put stuff including their digital objects which might be stored in some type of folder structure within their laptop or file server. Depending on the volume of your projects, you might be able to quickly locate items from some … Read More