On Mon, 8 Aug 1994 23:16:25 -0400, Robbin Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > . . . in the mysterious area of standards. An example: An image >from the Whitney was put on-line by the San Jose Mercury >News without any kind of documentation attached to the >GIF file itself. No one seems to have thought to put anything >other than the name of the museum on the image. What should >they have done? Robbin, At minimum, the curatorial info that goes on a wall label: Artist w/ dates, nationality/culture/tribe; Title, date; Medium/a, w/ size; Source and/or Credit. Other info is probably optional if there are clear instructions on contacting the source, rights reserved, current location (real and virtual), didactics, etc. Also of help may be the Getty Art History Information Program (contact Eleanor E. Fink, fax 310.451.5570.) and the statement (10 pp.) prepared by Hal Williams, CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, for the National Economic Council titled "The National Information Infrastucture" (12 May 1994),. The paper is their "statement of the [Trust's] vision of the value, use, and *needs* [emphasis added] of cultural information in the digital environment." I have hard copy, but no scanner; maybe someone on the list knows how to access it, or a kind soul at GT would load it . . . Best, JIM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S/RI Cultural Planners [log in to unmask] (e-mail) M.J.Czarniecki III 612.224.6954 (voice) 123 Farrington 612.222.1824 (fax) Saint Paul MN USA 55102-2101 (zip)