[MM] "Metadate Manifesto" & Stock Photorgraphers

FYI, from:
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/info/news/news.htm#manifesto


Stock Artists Alliance Delivers a "Metadata Manifesto"


	Everyone involved with digital images shares the challenge of
tracking and managing their rapidly expanding collections. Embedding
metadata in our image files - and preserving it - is the key to
addressing these challenges, but it is under-used and under-supported.
We need an industry-wide commitment with adherence to metadata standards
and technology that supports its use and preservation. SAA proposes we
adopt a set of guiding principles, and then put these principles into
practice. 
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	Press Release 

	July 11, 2006. Photographers losing money from copyright
infringement; editors scrapping photos from layouts because they lack
caption information; librarians struggling to make burgeoning digital
asset collections publicly available-Diverse problems, but they share a
common solution: metadata.

	Anyone who has searched for images on stock photography web
sites has benefited from metadata, but once the image is removed from
the site, that information is usually lost unless it's been embedded
into the image file. That metadata can provide critical ownership and
usage information, as well as descriptive caption information that can
be used to help search and identify image subjects.

	To raise awareness about metadata and encourage its adoption,
the Stock Artists Alliance is releasing its Metadata Manifesto. The
Manifesto provides guiding principles and practices for anyone who
creates, uses, or manages electronic images, as well as those developing
digital hardware and software. Highlighting the efforts of international
standards bodies and industry groups (such as IPTC and PLUS), the
Manifesto stresses the urgency for industry-wide metadata adoption.



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