RE: New member Introduction

Welcome David! 
Classification of images is one of my interests (I'm a photographer by
training as well). Have you tried photomesa by the way?
Peter
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: David Riecks [mailto:[email protected]] 
>  Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:06 PM
>  To: [email protected]
>  Subject: [facetedclassification] New member Introduction
>  
>  
>  Hello. My name is David Riecks.
>  
>  I've been working for the past several years, with 
>  classification lists in 
>  the form of data trees. However, the concept of facet 
>  classification is a 
>  new one to me.
>  
>  I've read through the 120 some posts so far, and realize 
>  there is much here 
>  to absorb. Unlike many of you, I have no idea even what the 
>  difference is 
>  between the "Boyce-Codd normal form" and a "red black tree 
>  data structure", 
>  or even how they might be useful to me in my work.
>  
>  My primary interest is building lists of hierarchical 
>  controlled vocabulary 
>  used to describe images within an image database. I'm 
>  interested to see how 
>  facet classification can be used to enhance these lists. If 
>  I understand 
>  the definition, I may be using a hybrid of facet 
>  classification for the 
>  past 4-5 years... I just didn't have a name for it.
>  
>  I have no formal Library/Information Science credentials, 
>  (my background is 
>  communications and photography) just lots of research on my 
>  own, applying 
>  it to the work I've done with image databases. Much of what 
>  I've found I've 
>  compiled into the Controlled Vocabulary website. In fact I 
>  "stumbled" 
>  across a reference to this list while "back surfing" inbound 
>  links to that 
>  site (http://www.ControlledVocabulary.com/).
>  
>  I'm interested in figuring out what tools are out there to 
>  efficiently 
>  build better hierarchical classification lists of controlled 
>  vocabulary. 
>  The XFML format sounds very interesting as a means of exchanging 
>  classification lists, and was pleased to see that there are 
>  a few products 
>  that may be adding that in their next iterations. It sounds 
>  like this might 
>  be another means of organizing these descriptors for 
>  manipulation & retrieval.
>  
>  I'm looking forward to learning from the rest of you, and 
>  hoping I can add 
>  something of value.
>  
>  Yours,
>  
>  David
>  
>  [1] http://www.ControlledVocabulary.com/
>  [2] http://www.riecks.com/
>  [3] http://www.zillionbucks.com/
>  
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