Hi Don. No, it's just a link that is published plus a thumbnail if desired. Then when you click on it in the wiki it opens a tab to the DAM page.
Cheers Neill. On 01/12/10 15:50, don undeen wrote: > Thanks neill, your project sounds interesting. > > We're using Mediabin.Which has an API that I can work with. > > when you say you have assets published to a SMW instance, does that mean > the assets are copied? > I really can't copy the assets; we've got too many of them. They need to > "live" in the DAM, and SMW needs to treat them as if they were local. > > which is why I was also thinking of the problem as "Mediawiki using > externally referenced images instead of just uploaded images" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Neill Mitchell <ne...@nlkmitchell.com> > *To:* semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > *Sent:* Wed, December 1, 2010 6:45:28 AM > *Subject:* Re: [SMW-devel] SMW-DAM integration? > > Hi Don. > > I guess this is all down to what DAM you use. We have a client that uses > Xinet and so we faced the exact same problem you have. We had to get an > extension written that integrates with the Xinet Connector API. It was a > major (and expensive) chunk of work! It allows links to assets stored in > Xinet to be published to a SMW instance. Had to integrate the security > as well which was fun. > > It is a commercial DAM you are using or home grown? > > Regards > Neill. > > On 30/11/10 20:39, don undeen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience integrating their > > wiki installation with an existing Digitial Asset Management system? > > > > At my institution, we've got a massive DAM with millions of images. > > Obviously we really don't want to import/copy any images into the wiki. > > > > However, some of the more useful features of image handling in the wiki, > > such as the RichMedia tool, WYSIWYG , the image page, etc, all depend on > > an image being uploaded to the wiki. > > > > Currently, when I want to show an image from the DAM in the wiki, I just > > reference the full URL in the wiki text. > > But that doesn't play nice with the WYSIWYG editor. > > > > I've described this problem previously as "Being able to use > > externally-referenced images in [[Image tags," but haven't heard any > > solutions yet. > > > > But maybe if I describe it as "DAM Integration" the importance of this > > feature will seem more apparent, or a different kind of solution will > > present itself? Because I could imagine some sort of proxy could be used > > to do DAM integration, and you still wouldn't need to support "External > > URLs" in [[Image tags. > > > > Seems like someone out there must be dealing with this issue. Anyone? > > > > > > Cheers, > > Don Undeen > > Metropolitan Museum of Art > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App& Earn a Chance To Win $500! > > Tap into the largest installed PC base& get more eyes on your game by > > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for > grabs. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > > Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
