2009/7/13 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>: > From your text I get the impression that it is something special that we put > annotations about a work with the digital copy. I would argue that this is > something that we should do with all our material. The annotations that > exist about a work, the references to the GLAM (galleries libraries archives > museums) are as important to us as they are to anyone else. It is in the > annotations, the rreferences to the GLAM where the original can be found > that provides the provenance that gives assurance that the image is a > truthful depiction of whatever it is supposed to be. > These annotations are as important as citations in our Wikipedia articles.
Absolutely. But if we make a point of it to them that would undoubtedly help. (c.f. why image restorers should properly be credited, even if their work does not create a new copyright - it's part of the relevant history of the image and correctly informs the viewer as to its provenance.) - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l