Yes. The catalogue ID is provided as part of the general description field.


Arne Wossink

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2018-06-11 11:07 GMT+02:00 Estermann Beat <[email protected]>:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Do the already uploaded pictures have a unique id (or some metadata that
> could be used as such) that would allow for an easy matching between the
> images on Commons and the entries in the database?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Beat
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> *From:* GLAM [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arne
> Wossink
> *Sent:* Montag, 11. Juni 2018 11:02
> *To:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [GLAM] GLAM collection transferred from Flickr
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their
> collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use
> creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible.
>
>
>
> However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under
> a PD license with basically the same information about the photos
> (description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred
> these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but
> their description and other information is not as good as could have been
> if all available templates etc. had been used.
>
>
>
> This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about
> the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first
> place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or
> that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice.
>
>
>
> Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation?
>
>
>
> Arne Wossink
>
>
>
> Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
>
>
>
> *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
> Thursday)*
>
>
>
> Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
>
> E-mail: [email protected]
>
>
>
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>
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>
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