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From: "Teresa Elliott" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Wishlist for Exhibit Log
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 07:10:39 -0500
In-Reply-To: <43023B050106F8C1@smtp02.syd.iprimus.net.au> (added by postmaster@iprimus.com.au)


If there was a MASTER EVENT list, couldn't those that wanted various
captions for the same photo not just have several copies of the same photo?
It seems that would be preferable than various copies of the same photo
every time you want to use a group photo as it is now.

Teresa Ghee Elliott IBSSG
Rutherford County, TN Cemeteries
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery

-----Original Message-----
From: Astrid Kranzbuhler [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:56 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [TMG] Wishlist for Exhibit Log

HI Darrell,
so much to my statement that I'll say no more <G>

> Hi, Jennifer (and Astrid):
>
> Part of my desire for what I call a "Master Image List" comes
> from the current difficulties we have with exhibits that have
> no master list for the subject documents/files/images/???.
> Because there is no way in TMG to separate information about
> the *image* from information about its *use* in connection
> with a person or Tag, we get ... creative. I would like to
> get *LESS* creative with my data entry so I would have time
> to get *more* creative with my research and analysis.
>

Agreed

[snip]
> -- 1. The "topic" of an Image is the subject matter, the
> content, of the *Image*, not its relationship to a person or
> Tag. I would argue that it would be very difficult to justify
> calling the topic of a wedding portrait just "Marriage - John
> Smith" with his blushing bride standing there right next to
> him! Instead, the topic should be something *like*, "Wedding
> portrait of John Doe and Donna Jones". The important thing is
> the topic *of the Image* doesn't change whether you link the
> image to person=John, person=Donna, or Tag=Marriage.

I disagree <G>
To me "Wedding portrait of John Doe and Donna Jones" would be the *Title* of
the image - the Topic, on the other hand, to me is the context in which it
is used (linked) *within* TMG

>
> If you are talking about the topic of the *exhibit* (the link
> between the Image and a person or Tag), then I would say you
> are arguing for what I would call a "Master Exhibit List". I
> have no interest in that approach except to think it would
> cause major headaches down the road, for all concerned.
>

And there it goes again - should there be a "Master Exhibit List" - or not?
:-)

> -- 2. When I spoke of a reference field, I was speaking of a
> way the user could establish her or his own "filing",
> sorting, or management system. As would be true of all fields
> in the MIL record, the reference field would *not* change
> when the Image was linked as an exhibit to a Tag or a person.
>

Hmmm - I don't agree but could live with it, I suppose - not really a
'major' issue for me since I'd probably add the Person ID# to the Topic
instead <G>

> -- 3. Chant with me - "Captions should be for output in a
> context, they are not part of the Image itself." [grin]
>
> -- 4. "Description" can mean anything, and so belongs
> anywhere - or nowhere...
>

Agreed <G>

Astrid




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