We talked Metadata as Document Management System components in our last post, today we are going to talk about OCR.
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text.
OCR is a field of research in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence and machine vision. Though academic research in the field continues, the focus on OCR has shifted to implementation of proven techniques. Optical character recognition (using optical techniques such as mirrors and lenses) and digital character recognition (using scanners and computer algorithms) were originally considered separate fields. Because very few applications survive that use true optical techniques, the OCR term has now been broadened to include digital image processing as well.
ref: document management software, wikipedia
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Metadata - Document Management Software
We talked Data Capture, Data Indexing, Data Storage, workflow, Data integration and Metadata, Data Retrieval, Data Collaboration & Versioning as components of Document Management and lead organizer software.
We talked Metadata as Document Management System components. Today we talk more about Metadata.
Metadata is data about data. An item of metadata may describe an individual datum, or content item, or a collection of data including multiple content items.
Metadata (sometimes written 'meta data') is used to facilitate the understanding, use and management of data. The metadata required for effective data management varies with the type of data and context of use. In a library, where the data is the content of the titles stocked, metadata about a title would typically include a description of the content, the author, the publication date and the physical location.
In the context of a camera, where the data is the photographic image, metadata would typically include the date the photograph was taken and details of the camera settings. On a portable music player such as an Apple iPod, the album names, song titles and album art embedded in the music files are used to generate the artist and song listings, and are metadata. In the context of an information system, where the data is the content of the computer files, metadata about an individual data item would typically include the name of the field and its length.
Metadata about a collection of data items, a computer file, might typically include the name of the file, the type of file and the name of the data administrator.
ref: Document Organizer & Lead Organizer Software, wikipedia
We talked Metadata as Document Management System components. Today we talk more about Metadata.
Metadata is data about data. An item of metadata may describe an individual datum, or content item, or a collection of data including multiple content items.
Metadata (sometimes written 'meta data') is used to facilitate the understanding, use and management of data. The metadata required for effective data management varies with the type of data and context of use. In a library, where the data is the content of the titles stocked, metadata about a title would typically include a description of the content, the author, the publication date and the physical location.
In the context of a camera, where the data is the photographic image, metadata would typically include the date the photograph was taken and details of the camera settings. On a portable music player such as an Apple iPod, the album names, song titles and album art embedded in the music files are used to generate the artist and song listings, and are metadata. In the context of an information system, where the data is the content of the computer files, metadata about an individual data item would typically include the name of the field and its length.
Metadata about a collection of data items, a computer file, might typically include the name of the file, the type of file and the name of the data administrator.
ref: Document Organizer & Lead Organizer Software, wikipedia
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