What I meant by 'similar' was Ron's method of putting a family folder name at the beginning of his photo file names.
I do the same; I just use MRIN's. Clearly, not all genealogy programs use MRIN's so the meaning of the numbers could be irrelevant to someone else. So far, that's not an issue here. If someone asks me for what information I have on a particular person I know where to find it quickly and they know what I'm sending them. The numbers are just numbers. They don't get in the way of our exchange. I assume they will rename those files to suit themselves. They're most interested in the content. What makes Ron's example of Family2012 any clearer than an MRIN? What does '2012' refer to? He's using that numbering for the same reason I use the MRIN's - as a way to make sure every file has a unique name, to paraphrase exactly what he said. IPTC is a standard (depending which software you choose, and that's a bad industry joke at the moment) and I highly recommend it for adding all the information you can to your files in a way that will stay embedded regardless of changing file names. ---- JL | http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ On 6/8/2012 12:57 PM, James Cook wrote: > With respect, I don't find tying my files to a particular > software/vendor as similar at all. I share fairly freely with other > family researchers, and a tie to my personal software choices just > doesn't make logical sense to me. I can buy the rest of your argument > to some degree, as I primarily work on a Windows system. However, > between PDAs, DropBox and other forms of storage and sharing, I find > there are many more reasons to use expressive names than not. And I > don't find it takes any more effort. > > I do like the idea of the _es code - I have had a need for that. I do > not make use of IPTC as much as I know I should. Slowly trying to > make that a habit and not something to remind myself of. > > > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:34 PM, JLB<[email protected]> wrote: >> I do similarly except using the MRIN at the beginning of the name, then >> a date, then a number. >> >> eg. 0037-1890-01 >> >> and then _e for edits, or _s for resized, or both _es, es2, etc. >> >> So, a file-name might look like 0037-1890-01_e.tif >> >> I don't put any names or other identifying information in the file-names > >> because it's all in the IPTC, some of which can be seen in Windows >> 'Detail View' under various columns or at the bottom of the screen in >> Windows 7. Other than that, it's pretty obvious looking at the >> thumbnails what the content is. For instance, a census record, marriage >> certificate, whatever. >> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
