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The main reason we went with XML is that it's a human-readable(ish) format which just about everything can work with. SQL, on the other hand, while the biggest standard in the database world, still behaves slightly differently depending on whether you're using MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL, or what have you. And at the end of the day you still need to get the data out into something that can be...
2009-07-22 21:50:13 UTC by azarchs
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I should also mention that I started out looking for a database-based product. But ended up preferring the XML implementation because it is so much easier to make global changes.
For example, I wanted to add the same Photographer to every picture in the Album, and it could even have been done with NotePad's Replace All button, replacing <photographer></photographer> with...
2009-07-19 01:26:05 UTC by adiant
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OK, this isn't the feature-rich All Singing, All Dancing Bear that everyone seems to be looking for. But, after testing WordPress' built-in Gallery, the Open Source Gallery Project software, Coppermine Photo Gallery software and NextGEN Gallery WordPress plug-in, this was the first piece of software that didn't die on memory errors when loading my photos. I'm even using an obsolete digital...
2009-07-19 01:17:13 UTC by adiant
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We built this album system for our own photo archival needs (and were gratified to find out other people find it useful). The principle of our system is to store all the archival data in an XML file, and the other files added to the album are just there to display it all in a browser-friendly way.
So yes, digital archiving of photos is exactly what this was designed for. As for size limits...
2009-02-24 18:39:51 UTC by azarchs
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I have very limited knowledge about XML but trying to learn because of our project at a local historical society. We will be digitizing many documents and photographs and want to store them in a manner that will preserve the information and image.
I've been reading that using meta data is the new method being used in archival institutions. They also mention using XML.
I am thinking that...
2009-02-14 15:17:43 UTC by smulcaster
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azarchs added the AlbumGeneratorGUIsource-1.6.0.zip file.
2009-02-14 09:12:14 UTC by azarchs
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azarchs added the Setup_XML_Album-1.6.0.exe file.
2009-02-14 09:12:14 UTC by azarchs
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azarchs added the webfiles-en-1.6.0.zip file.
2009-02-14 09:12:14 UTC by azarchs
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azarchs added the xmlalbum-1.6.0.tar.bz2 file.
2009-02-14 09:12:14 UTC by azarchs
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azarchs committed revision 50 to the XML Photo Album SVN repository, changing 1 files.
2009-02-14 09:09:50 UTC by azarchs
