Today's blog is based off of the lecture from thursday about meta-data. Basically, Meta-Data is what makes your pictures accessible. I feel that it is the profile for the pictures and tells you many important details about it. For this class Meta-Data could be used in many ways. According to dpBestFlow Meta-Data consists of Tags, Fields, Namespace, and Schema. Meta-Data is tied to a photo 3 different ways, through Automatic, Bulk, and Custom. One of the most important thing to remember abot Meta-Data is that the type you use depends on your intention, and how you apply the Meta-Data depends on your goal. You could use it to create a tag that goes along with the animals photo. This would allow for individuals to have an additional way to inform picture viewers of what has been captured. The most useful thing for this class would be the schema. I feel this way because you can put when you put the picture as well as the camera settings that were used at the time of the capture. Through this you can tag the owner of the photo as well.
Information about Meta-Data Accessed from http://dpbestflow.org/node/298
Date Accessed: May 19, 2012
I think you did a very good job of explaining meta-data in a way that someone not taking this class could understand what it was.
ReplyDeleteI agree that meta-data is very useful for this class. It is nice to be able to organize our photo's in bulk!
ReplyDeleteMake sure you completely cite dpBestFlow for their ideas. This needs quotations, web address, and date you visited the site. Also, one thing to keep in mind is that metadata can help you sort your images. If you are looking for a black cat, or the 50 critters that you will inevitably find all named Bella—embedding metadata will help you sort through your images more quickly. You can just add keywords in so that you can search with those.
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