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PLUS for Cultural
Heritage
PLUS forms new Cultural Heritage Working Group.
The PLUS Cultural
Heritage Working Group (PLUS-CH) is now forming to ensure that the PLUS
standards will fully support the communication and management of image rights by
and between museums, libraries, researchers and educational institutions.
PLUS-CH will review all PLUS standards. The PLUS Packs standard will be
revised to include rights packages typically granted in cultural heritage
licensing workflows. The PLUS License Data Format will be revised to
include additional fields and controlled vocabulary values useful in
communicating and managing image rights for preservation and other cultural
heritage purposes. The PLUS Glossary and Media Matrix will be revised to
incorporate additional terms and usages relevant to museum and library
workflows.
Leading PLUS-CH is PLUS Board member, Alan Newman, Chief of the Division of Imaging
and Visual Services of the National Gallery of Art. Says Newman, "the PLUS
metadata framework fills a critical void in digital image licensing and
preservation workflow for cultural institutions, assuring that image provenance
is well documented and embedded in the file. PLUS standards development,
embracing museum and library requirements, is a significant opportunity for every
museum, library and educational institution.”
Participating institutions include the
Getty Research Institute, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Israel Museum and
others. For more information or to join the PLUS Cultural Heritage Working Group,
contact Alan Newman.
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