Digital asset management glossary i
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- Image library and management system; image archive software; image asset management; image library system; image management.
- Some of the many applications for digital asset management systems.
- Image resolution
The degree of definition or detail of a computer screen or printer output. Usually expressed in dpi (dots per inch) for printed output and pixels for screen displays. The higher the resolution the greater the definition available.
- Image server software
Web server software which specializes in delivering images.
- Image storage online
Storing, usually in a way that enables search and retrieval, images and often other file types on a web based service.
- Image storage software
Software that provides for the storage of images and other file types such as video, audio and document, usually with search and retrieval features.
- Index
Like the index of a book and in the context of digital asset management, indexes are used by databases to enable rapid search and retrieval of asset records.
- Indexing
Cataloguing - adding and editing textual data to a database of digital assets, including descriptions, captions, keywords / tags, creating relationships between items.
- Internet
A global interconnection of networks, used amongst other things by the World Wide Web.
- Intranet
A network internal to an organization, also known as a LAN (Local Area Network).
- IPTC
Textual metadata embedded in a file. Fields available include:
File name, Copyright, Caption, Caption writer, Headline, Special instructions, Keywords, Category, Supplemental categories, Urgency, Byline, Byline title, Credits, Source, Object name, Date created, City, Provenance, Country, Original transmission reference