Image Annotation Articles

The articles in this section cover various aspects of image annotation, from approaches to annotating image content to benefits of business users.

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• Image Annotation: Upgrading a Picture from Pixels to Knowledge
  Image annotation is describing individual elements or areas of image content. Various approaches that try to make work with image content more effective both for personal and professional use are discussed to help both personal and business users choose the right approach that fits their needs.



• Cogitum Digitizes Image Annotation Traditions
  Learn more about FotoTagger, the image annotation technology that offers a standardized way to label individual elements of an image, share this data across communities in the Web, and find individual parts of image content.



• Why Comprehensive and Relevant Image Search Matters
  A Web surfer is not the only interested party who wish to get high quality search results when looking for an image. Search engine companies are seeking the ways to improve image search. The more relevant content found, the more precise binding of ads to content can be performed.



• Next Generation of Image Management Technologies Adds a New Value to Digital Images
  An image is not just a file with a number of technical attributes. It delivers content that until now was considered a single and indivisible unit. With the FotoML standard, the situation can be changed dramatically. It enables storing semantic information about individual objects of image content so providing many new opportunities to search engine companies, photographers, Web site owners, and Web surfers.