Autor: Tim Strehle

[Update: This post got some well-deserved pushback. Thanks to Patrick Durusau, Lars Marius Garshol and Jack Park for the feedback – and sorry for the controversial headline. I’ve added “(as a standard)” and did some editing to make clear that people still use Topic Maps.] I’m a fan of Topic Maps – the very well-thought-out…

There’s no widely-accepted standard for DAM data yet Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems are the hubs for organizations’ creative content. DAMs need to exchange data with other systems all the time: import creative works and metadata from external content providers, export digital assets and metadata to Web Content Mananagement systems and so on. Sadly, none…

Das folgende Referat habe ich am 5. Mai 2015 bei der Frühjahrstagung des Vereins für Medieninformation und Mediendokumentation (vfm) in Bremen gehalten, zum Thema “Vom Archiv- zum Redaktionssystem” beim Presse-Panel (etwas überarbeitet, entspricht nicht dem genauen Wortlaut). Die anderen beiden Redner waren Christian Wagner, Geschäftsführender Redakteur beim WESER-KURIER (der unser DC-X einsetzt) und André Maerz,…

Workflow doesn’t This blog post is inspired by Roger Howard’s excellent, thought-provoking “Workflow doesn’t” critique of the workflow functionality in today’s Digital Asset Management systems. (I don’t know which systems Roger has worked with. If you want to catch up with the state of DAM workflow engines, here’s some links to get you started: Status-based…

There’s lots of interesting articles being written on Digital Asset Management topics. How do you keep up-to-date? That’s easy – do as I do, follow the more than 600 DAM related Twitter accounts and about 100 RSS feeds, and I promise you won’t miss out on anything important! (I’m suffering from “FOMO”, I guess: “fear…

Many printed newspapers and magazines offer digital replicas to their subscribers – Web or mobile apps that let readers browse the publication in the exact print layout. Often with added functionality, like fulltext search, PDF download or an optional HTML-formatted article view for better readability. You’ll find lots of examples in the Apple Newsstand or…

While “onboarding” a new developer, we get to see our software product, code, development environment and culture through a fresh pair of eyes. There’s moments of pride – when we show something to the new guy and he likes how well-executed it is – and of embarrassment. We’ve cut corners in some places, and they…

If you’ve visited my blog before: Do you notice anything unusual? I hope not – because that’s what I’ve been working on almost every night for four months… 😄 My personal Web site had been hosted on a company-sponsored server for the last 15 years (thanks guys!), but that server is finally going to be…

Very interesting webinar recording by Demian Hess: Managing Digital Rights Metadata with Semantic Technologies. (You need to supply your e-mail address to view the recording, and playback requires Windows Media Player, but it’s worth it if you’re into Digital Asset Management and rights metadata.) Demian explains how complex licenses are, and how people try to…

As a Semantic Web / Linked Data newbie, I’m struggling with finding the right URIs for properties and values. Say I have a screenshot as an PNG image file. If I were to describe it in the Atom feed format, I’d make an “entry” for it, write the file size into the “link/@length” attribute, the…