The Digital Image Submission Criteria
(DISC) Metadata for Digital Image Submission Specification
defines standard metadata fields to be attached to digital
images for submission to magazines for publication.
Metadata fields included in this specification
are the combined metadata requirements for metadata
to be provided by the photographer or agency upon submission
to magazines. These
fields are an aggregate of the requirements of magazine
publishers participating in the DISC effort.
All magazine publishers do not require all fields.
Rather, these fields are options from which each
publisher may select their own field requirements.
Because it is the stated intent of
the DISC Working Group that the photographer or agency
will provide values for the standard metadata fields
upon image submission, the metadata fields defined in
this Specification are specifically designed to be simple
and straightforward.
These simple metadata fields are intended to
be implementable as well as usable.
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Photographer
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Entity(s)
responsible for taking the photograph.
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Value
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Proper
Name, Last, First Middle, etc.
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Example
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Van
Horne, Eric Q. Jr.
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Photographer Contact
Info
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Contact information for the photographer
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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vanhorne@ericq.com
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Original File Name
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The original image file name as submitted by
photographer or provider. The intent is to preserve
the file name upon submission to assist with tracking
later in the workflow in the case that the image
file was renamed
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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QZO20040517a.jpg
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Photo Credit
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Photographer/agency
(official photo credit as it will appear in publication)
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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Jane
Smith/SIGMA
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Copyright
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If copyrighted, indicates
who holds the copyright.
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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Jane
Smith/SIGMA
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Provider / Source
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Provider of the photograph
(agency, company, person) and their contact information.
(Name/Address)
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Value
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Ordered text fields
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Example
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Rexie
Pictures Agency/25 Greenwich Street, New York,
NY 10021
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Location of Shoot
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Geographic location
of shoot and/or city, from most specific to least
specific
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Value
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Ordered text fields
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Example
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Times
Square/New York City
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State of Shoot
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State/Province of the
shoot
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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New
York
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Country of Shoot
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Country of the shoot
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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USA
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Date of Shoot
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Date
of the shoot |
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Value
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Date field in format
DD/MM/YYYY
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Example
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05/12/2003
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Subject
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Short description of
the subject of the image
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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“Coast
of Spain” or “Tomatoes”
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Caption
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Description of the
photo as it might appear in the publication.
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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“George
W. Bush addressing Congress”
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Keywords
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Keywords from list provided by the publication
or stock agency
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Value
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Ordered text fields
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Example
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president,
politician, election
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Special Instructions
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Special
Instructions to the photo editor, includes intended
image use size |
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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Do not
crop; Full page
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Job Identifier
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Number or identifier
issued by the publication, used to identify this
job
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Value
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Text field
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Example
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K1267D
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