[Xerte] ANN: Xpert Image Search and Attribution

[Fred Riley]

This is a good idea and a useful tool (would be more useful with browse
facilities IMO), but it does seem to replicate existing meta-search
engines for media, in particular everystockphoto.com but also Google
Images (advanced search for "labelled for reuse"). What does Xerte Image
Search offer that these don't? That's not intended as a criticism.
Behind the typically spartan interface what goodies lurk? Or has this
been developed specifically for integration into Toolkits, to allow
authors/developers to find media in the Toolkits environment?

As a developer who's been, and will likely be again, involved in
developing/using aggregators, I'm curious as to how this was
implemented. OAI-PMH? RSS? 

Cheers

Fred

Fred Riley
Learning Technologist
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> Sent: 03 September 2010 16:21
> To: Xerte discussion list; A list to facilitate and support teachers
> using Xerte Online Toolkits
> Subject: [Xerte] ANN: Xpert Image Search and Attribution
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> Hi,
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> We've just finished a piece of work that will make it easier for you
to
> search for media released under licenses for re-use and to attribute
it
> correctly. I know some of you on the Xerte for Teachers list were
> discussing this very problem recently, so hopefully this is timely!
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> To see it in action:
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> -          Visit http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/attribution/
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> -          Search for something
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> -          When you get the results, click 'Select'
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> -          Then choose 'Get Image with Attribution' or choose the
> toolkits option
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> -          And you'll get the image back, with license information
> included across the bottom of the image and can happily reuse it
> knowing the image is suitable for re-use.
> 
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> We' have also integrated this into Xerte Online Toolkits, allowing you
> to search, browse and select media for your Xerte Online Toolkits
> projects directly from the Toolkits wizard. A toolkits update will
> follow in due course: here's a demo for the meantime:
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/media/imagefinder.swf
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> 
> Please join me in a collective doffing of caps to Pat for all his work
> on this latest development.
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> We're showing it at ALT-C next week and will explain a  bit more about
> what we were setting out to do, and the problems and pitfalls we've
> encountered along the way: the session is on Tuesday 7th September at
> 14.50: http://altc2010.alt.ac.uk/talks/14982
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