TAGS & Taxonomy

Taxonomy:

Content tags for container and page follow a quasi-disciplinary hierarchical vocabulary as used and explained in my monograph (not to be discussed today) Container metadata bibliographical information (author, title,...), format, total pages (deduced), medium (print, manuscript), fully/partially captured (if the container is relevant in full or only parts/chapters of it), edition (1st, 2nd, 3rd), translation (original, translated), language Page metadata logical page number (printed/written page number) Image metadata file/link properties (deduced), creator (if not creator of the container), template (if copied from another image)

Image tags

Type/position

• – Content illustration on a text page
• ◦ integrated in the layout
• ◦ in the margin
• – title page
• – separate sheet
• – separate page
• – disregarded are initials, printers' marks, ornaments
• – dimensions (deduced)
• – technique
• ◦ woodcut
• ◦ engraving
• ◦ drawing
• ◦ painting Content (what does the image represent/refer to?)
• – Polarity
• – Sphere of activity
• – attraction/repulsion
• – astrological influence
• – direction
• – Compass
• – Sundial
• – Machine/gadget
• – related to an experiment
• – Declination
• – Inclination
• – related to a calculation
• – specimen
• – mineralogical taxonomy Form/graphical appearance (what are the visual features of the image?)
• – Text
• ◦ letters ◦ typo caracters or punctuation
• ◦ words
• ◦ phrases
• ◦ sentences
• – geometrical forms (lines, cirlces,...)
• – arrows
• – tabular shapes (rows, columns)
• – taxonomic shapes (divisions, tree structures)
• – physical objects
• – 3D effects (light/shadow, perspective,...)
• – Persons
• – Scene
• – geographical/topographical entities/structures (map, cooridnates)
• – interactive (volvelle, cut-out template)