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The Rosetta Stone, Ptolemaic period 332-30 BC - © British Museum, London / Bridgeman Art LibraryThe Copernican System,'Planisphaerium Copernicanum'devised by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) from 'The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe' by Andreas Cellarius (17th century) - © British Library, London / Bridgeman Art Library’If Knowledge is the Key.....’ by Stylo & Mear (VOP) West London, 1994 - Private Collection / © Bridgeman Art LibraryFinal page of the manuscript of 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu' by Marcel Proust (1871-1922) - © Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris / Bridgeman Art Library
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What is MILE?
MILE (Metadata Image Library Exploitation) aims to promote European cultural heritage and make digital art more accessible by improving metadata.

Image libraries are treasurers of a vast wealth of Europe's cultural heritage. In the rush to digitise their archives of reprographic transparencies of original works of art. to keep up with increasing technological trends, the systems used to create the metadata supporting these images have struggled to sustain such demand.

MILE is coordinated by The Bridgeman Art Library.

Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665-6) by Jan Vermeer (Copyright: Mauritsuis, The Hague / The Bridgeman Art Library)    "Providing the public with digital access to a     collection of images is a necessity, but     simply publishing them online doesn't      make them accessible. MILE's conference     has put this critical issue firmly up for     debate and it was useful to learn about     new approaches and technologies that can     help address the issues we face each day."

Charlotte Sexton, Deputy Head New Media, The National Gallery

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Three areas of the project
The project is divided into three core areas of investigation:

Bridge on Tauern Motorway on a Winter Evening (Copyright: Lieser Valley / Bildarchiv Steffens / Walter Geiersperger / The Bridgeman Art Library   Metadata classification

   Metadata search & retrieval

   Intellectual Property Rights as metadata

MILE is a partnership made of key European industry companies, each of whom have a stake in digital image library metadata. By combining their expertise and experience in these areas, MILE
  • initiates awareness activities,
  • demonstrates best practices on how to enrich digital content, and
  • creates mechanisms to provide guidance, assessment and improvement plans,
ensuring the enrichment and exchange of metadata for the growth and perpetuity of Europe's cultural heritage. MILE is funded by the European Commission, under the eContentplus Programme.

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Forum
MILE has an open discussion forum, current topics include:

The Art of Talking with the Fingers', sign language alphabet, English School (c.19th) Institut National des Jeunes Sourds, Paris / Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Art Library   Multilingual Thesauri

   PicScout's Orphan Works solution

   Orphan Works Alert - Senate passes Bill

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News
Latest MILE news - click below to see
   Power to the People, attrib. to Emory, Douglas © copyright holder unknown, if you have any information concerning the rights holder of this image please contact Bridgeman Art Library
   MILE's Guides to Metadata

   MILE's Conference Videos

   MILE's Final Public Report

   MILE Newsletter, Summer 2009

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