The integrated photo-documentary online
database Zoltán Lux, [email protected]
Institute for History of the 1956 Hungarian RevolutionH-1074 Budapest , Dohány u. 74. Tel.:36-1-322-5228
Fax: 36-1-322-3084
Internet: www.rev.hu
The history of the photographic database Part I.
» Photographs as illustration for publication
» Collecting photographs» Database for reusing the
photographs» Processing the photographs» Historical sources» Where are the photograps
archived?
The history of the photographic database Part II.
» Development of the database» DOS-based database without
direct pictorial references» Oracle database reference to
the digitalized picture file» Integrated database
Digitalized file in the database
Connections to other „objects” (persons, events, places, institutions, interviews, etc.)
The structure of the photographic database
» The card catalogue of the HNM’s Historical Photograph Library & HPM
» Library of Congress, Dublin Core
» Bibliographical/technical, analytical, copyright information
» Connections to other database objects. (Person, events, place, institution, oral history interview, document, audiovisual record)
» Thesaurus» Web and the local database
Search format
www.rev.hu
(http://server2001.rev.hu/oha/index.html)
Display format
www.rev.hu
(http://server2001.rev.hu/oha/index.html)
Experience at the Institute with using the database
» Who are the users of the database and how fequently is the databased wisited
» Copyright and free accessibility over the Internet» E-shop, agreements, etc.» Multilinguality» Easy search, browesing and advanced search» Support for search considering specific linguistic
problems