The integrated photo-documentary online

database Zoltán Lux, luxz@iif.hu

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