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Re: from metadata to archiving

Subject: Re: from metadata to archiving
From: "vickipowys" vpowys
Date: Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:29 pm ((PDT))
Sorry to throw in a really dumb question, BUT

If I make a recording on a flash-card recorder then it gets  
automatically date and time stamped (always assuming that I have set  
the time-date correctly in the reccorder).

When I later process the recording (let's say I remove 5 minutes of  
footsteps and preserve one minute of birdsong), then I am left with  
an AIFF file on a Mac that has lost the date and time stamp.

Are you proposing that the ideal way for archiving is to then re- 
embed time, date and additional data that will be permanently tagged  
to the sound file?

For the moment I'm sticking with my manual database, thanks all the  
same, and verbal announcements regarding species name, description,  
behaviour, place, weather, etc.

cheers,

Vicki



On 23/04/2010, at 9:04 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:

> Hi John et al--
>
> In the model I'm suggesting, the database would create files with
> embedded metadata. Hopefully this feature can serve a very
> significant role in getting important data people want into the
> consolidation app; maybe Charles' ixml project can eventually aspire
> towards creating agreement about how to assign the chunks. Strong
> agreement is needed in the tag dept, or there's more trouble than
> return.
>
> snip...........






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