RIAs = Beta Internet Applications?
Writing on the Streamingmedia.com blog, Dom Robinson considers whether the developers of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) have effectively been acting as beta testers for browser […]
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Managing The Information Gap With Taxonomies
In this article on the answermaven.com blog, Constance Ard considers the consequences of “The Information Gap” – a conceptual term used to refer to the difference between information creation and use:
“Taxonomies are just one component of good content management. And content management is only a single component …
Continue reading »Alfresco Developer’s Conference – October 20th – 21st, Paris, France
Open Source ECM vendor, Alfresco, are holding a developer’s conference in Paris (France) between 20th and 21st October:
“The agenda includes deep dive sessions on CMIS, WCM, content services and best practices for ECM application development. You’ll also have a chance to learn about Activiti, the open source …
Continue reading »6 Ways To Ensure Sure ECM Training Success
Writing on DocFinity.com, Mike Douglass, offers six methods of ensuring a successful ECM training rollout:
- Understand the difference between education and training
- Establish training goals
- Match proposed training benefits with expectations
- Choose the right environment for learning
- Choose the right trainer
- Measure the impact
“Managers who approach training …
Continue reading »The New Era Of Paper Prototypes
Prototyping is an integral part of most software development projects, however, the method used is often paper-based, even if it does not necessarily fit the environment in which the software would be used – this is particularly true of mobile applications. In this article, Thomas Davies writing on the UX …
Continue reading »What Kind Of People Do You Need For DAM?
Writing on her “Off The Shelf” blog, Leala Abbot considers the type of people (as opposed to technology) required to successfully deliver DAM. She also summarises 4 types of expert who are important for a DAM solution (based on a list in The Content Management Bible by Bob Boiko):
- Business
Using Checksums To De-Duplicate Image Collections
Metadata and photo management expert, David Riecks from ControlledVocabulary.com has written a highly informative article that explains how to de-dupe an image collection using MD5 checksum tools and a spreadsheet. The process will also produce a rudimentary asset audit that will identify the file locations, duplicate status and file name. …
Continue reading »Dynamic Semantic Publishing For Websites And Blogs
Writing on the bnode blog, Benjamin Nowack describes a method for using Dynamic Semantic Publishing to automatically aggregate and publish inter-related content. He offers the BBC website (where this technique was employed during their recent World Cup 2010 coverage) as an example and describes how it could be …
Continue reading »Celum Releases iPhone/iPad Client App
One of our featured DAM vendors, Celum today announced they have launched an iPhone/iPad app that can be downloaded for free and provides access to the functionality of their DAM solution:
“celum mobile.connect enables users to access the celum IMAGINE user interface and to distribute content with iPhone, …
Continue reading »Microstock Descriptions: Lessons For Enterprise DAM?
Russell Glenister, writing on the whichstockagency.com blog describes some of the less than enlightening descriptions that microstock photos often have applied to them:
“First, let us take a brief look at bad keywording and descriptions because, although it’s a problem for microstock companies as they insist their contributors post …
Continue reading »Preservapedia: Contributors Requested
Preservapedia, a recently launched wiki based site about preservation and related topics is looking for contributors to help expand the range of topics and subject depth:
“Because Preservapedia is intended for a specific audience, the cultural heritage conservation community, its articles contain information which is not generally of interest …
Continue reading »Data Migration Project Checklist
Dylan Jones, writing on the DataMigrationPro.com website includes a comprehensive check list that will be of use to anyone who is involved in data migrations from legacy DAM solutions or manually prepared asset catalogues. The post is longer than a good number of white papers and is packed with useful …
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