[PADG:1714] Re: NISO Releases Digital Still Image Metadata Draft Standard

["Jennifer S.Banks" <jsbanks@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Sarah -

    ...in case you haven't seen this....    Jennifer

At 09:11 AM 6/7/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Bethesda, Md., USA - (June 7, 2002) NISO, the National Information
>Standards Organization, has released a draft of Z39.87, the Data
>Dictionary for Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images for trial
>use.  NISO collaborated with the Association for Information and Image
>Management (AIIM) in the development of this standard.
>
>Two overarching goals led NISO and AIIM to develop this data dictionary.
>The first is to identify the data elements that would be used by
>applications to control transformations of images against stated metrics
>(or "anchors") for meaningful quality attributes such as detail, tone,
>color, and size. The second is to propose elements that would be used by
>digital repository managers, curators, or imaging specialists to assess
>the current aesthetic and functional values of a given image or
>collection of images. The purpose of this data dictionary is to define a
>standard set of metadata elements for digital images.  Standardizing the
>information will allow users to develop, exchange, and interpret digital
>image files. The dictionary has been designed to facilitate
>interoperability between systems, services, and software as well as to
>support the long-term management of and continuing access to digital
>image collections.
>
>Co-chairs Robin Dale (RLG) and Oya Y. Reiger (Cornell University) led
>this standards committee which included Janet Gertz (Columbia
>University), Meg Bellinger (OCLC), Dr. Marianne Doerr (Leitung VD17 und
>Muenchener Digitalisierungszentrum), Betsy Fanning (AIIM International),
>Dr. Franziska Frey (Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of
>Technology), Erich Kesse (University of Florida), Matt Kirschenbaum
>(University of Kentucky), Kelly Russell (University of Leeds), Linda
>Tadic (HBO), Colin Webb (National Library of Australia) and Herbert J.
>White (LDS Church-Family History Division).
>This proposed national standard is being released as a Draft Standard
>for Trial Use for the period June 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003.
>Like all NISO standards documents, this document is available for
>downloading free from the NISO web site (http://www.niso.org).
>
>About NISO:
>NISO is the only U.S. group accredited by the American National
>Standards Institute to develop and promote technical standards for use
>in information delivery services providing voluntary standards for
>libraries, publishers and related information technology organizations.
>All NISO standards are developed by consensus under the guidance of
>experts and practitioners in the field to meet the needs of both the
>information user and the producer.  For information about NISO's current
>standardization interests and membership possibilities, please visit the
>NISO website at http://www.niso.org.
>
>For additional information contact NISO Headquarters at (301) 654-2512.
>Email: nisohq@xxxxxxxx