Naming convention for image files?

September 23, 2009 10:54 AM

links to standards to naming scans (tiffs and jpgs) of slide images for artist's work?

I about to start an extensive slide scanning project and I want examples of naming conventions used at other institutions. The name of each jpeg should include artist's name and the date of artwork.

posted by pleasantries to media & arts (3 comments total)

Check out the VRA (Visual Resources Association). They have links to content standards VRA Core 4.0 and CCO (cataloging cultural objects; they also include examples. Dublin Core is another popular standard for visual materials. Some organizations mix and match from VRA, CCO, and Dublin Core.
posted by kaybdc at 11:16 AM on September 23

I have looked at these and use them in my work but they seem to warrant using a DOI number to name each file which is too complicated for our purposes.
posted by pleasantries at 2:10 PM on September 23

The military uses a convention called VIRIN. Something like this:

091231-A-1234X-001.jpg

1 = Date photo was taken
2 = Letter signifying branch of service (A=Army, etc)
3 = Last 4 of photog's SSN, + First letter of last name
4 = File number of photo

Hope this helps!

- AJ
posted by Alaska Jack at 4:07 PM on September 23