Papermule DAM & Workflow Engine
www.papermule.co.uk |
We asked the system developer to use 50-100 words to sum up and promote their system to a very broad audience:
The team at Papermule have spent the last 20 years providing digital asset management and workflow solutions to many well known businesses (The Telegraph, The Guardian, Associated Newspapers, Future Publishing, National Magazines, Yellow Pages, Thomson Directories, Cambridge University Press to name a few in the UK). We specialise in customized solutions and have an enterprise level DAM offering that can be easily configured to meet each client’s individual requirements. 100% WEB based with a variety of interfaces to suite particular users the solution can be installed locally or hosted remotely either way ensuing your assets are managed safely and securely.
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| Current version |
1.7.1 |
| Current version released |
December 2009
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| Next version due (approx) |
March 2010
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| Main sectors aimed at |
Corporate or professional (private sector); Government (public sector); Further or Higher (Tertiary) education; Charitable/not-for-profit; Newspaper, Magazines, Directories, Catalogues |
| Main users aimed at |
Professional photographers; Picture Library staff; Creative staff (e.g. illustrators, designers); Marketing staff; Records Managers; Librarians; Archivists; Museum/Gallery professionals
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| Type of system |
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Folder viewer/image browser |
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Web gallery system |
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Image/photo management system |
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Digital asset management system (DAM) |
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Musem/gallery/library/achive collection management system |
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Virtual learning environment (VLE) |
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Content management system (CMS) |
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Digital repository system |
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Digital library system |
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Other: Workflow automation and communication |
| Open-source/Proprietary? |
Proprietary but incorporates open/standard technologies |
| Complexity |
Customised system - vendor builds from standard modules according to user’s requirements |
| Maximum size of the catalogue (e.g. number of records or filesize) |
Near limitless - hardware and RDMBs bound |
Handling of images
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| Image- object- or workflow-centric? |
Asset centric with project/collections and workflow |
| Adding images to system |
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Captures images directly from a scanner from within the system |
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Captures images directly from a tethered camera from within the system |
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‘Drag and drop’ into system |
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Scans a computer for new images |
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Scans external drives/memory devices for new images |
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Scans network servers for new images |
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Sets up automatically ‘watched’ folders |
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Keeps system and folders in ‘sync’ |
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Other: e-mail requests and processing |
| File formats supported |
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RAW formats |
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DNG |
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TIFF |
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JPEG |
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GIF |
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PNG |
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JPEG2000 |
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PSD |
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PDF |
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EPS |
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Flash |
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SVG |
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Audio formats |
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Video formats |
| Where can images be located? |
Must be held within the system itself or a designated folder/location |
| Image management |
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Ability to manage original image files (e.g. move, copy, rename or delete) from within the system |
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Ability to organise images into virtual ‘folders’, ‘galleries’ or ‘categories’ to aid management and retrieval |
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Image versioning |
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Rating system (e.g. star or numbers for best images) |
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Automatic generation of thumbnails and preview images |
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Ability to zoom image to 100% (full size) within data entry interface |
| Image editing provision |
Basic editing within system + check out/in to dtp apps for advanced editing |
Configurable option for whether edits are made to originals or copies
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| Specific image editing functions |
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Resizing |
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Rotating |
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Cropping |
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Sharpening |
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Red-eye removal |
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Dust/noise removal |
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Brightness and contrast adjustments |
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Levels adjustments |
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Curves adjustments |
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Support for ICC colour management |
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Creative filters |
| Other significant editing functions |
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| Print templates |
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| Auditing of who did what/when to image |
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| Other image-related features |
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Handling of metadata
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| Metadata structure |
Relational database structure |
| Customising fields | |
Add new catalogue fields |
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Delete catalogue fields |
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Hide catalogue fields from data entry interface |
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Re-label catalogue fields |
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Re-order catalogue fields |
| Time saving features |
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Set up templates or defaults |
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Clone or duplicate records |
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Automatically catalogue images upon import |
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Batch edit metadata |
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Global find and replace |
| Controlled vocabularies |
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Create drop-down pick-lists |
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Support for theasauri (with broader and narrower terms) |
| Spell-checking/validation |
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Spell-checking |
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Validation of terminology |
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Validation of dates and numbers |
| Support for UNICODE (non-Latin characters) |
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| Importing |
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Import existing metadata in standard delimited formats |
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Import existing metadata in XML formats |
| Exporting |
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Export of metadata in standard delimited formats |
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Export of metadata in XML formats |
| Metadata interoperability (e.g. metadata harvesting, cross-searching) |
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Automatic exposure of metadata as OAI-PMH data |
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Support for Z39.50 searching |
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Support for search scripts |
| Embedded metadata support |
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Read IPTC metadata from within the image file |
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Read EXIF metadata from within the image file |
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Read XMP data |
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Read other metadata from within the image file |
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Write IPTC metadata into image file |
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Edit EXIF metadata |
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Write XMP data |
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Write other metadata |
| Data-entry interface |
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Client-based/program-based data entry interface |
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Web browser-based data entry interface |
| Reporting/auditing |
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Auditing of who did what and when to the metadata |
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Editable templates or scripts for generating reports |
| Other metadata-related features |
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Delivery to users
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| Web browser-based end-user interface |
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| Customisability of interface |
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System manager can customise interface |
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End-user can customise their view of interface |
| Publishing of images |
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Publish as static gallery to Web |
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Publish as dynamic searchable Web catalogue |
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Publish to CD-ROM |
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Email images from system |
| Search/browse features |
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Browse collection by categories |
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Search the collection |
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Search via thesaurus |
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Advanced search features (e.g. Boolean logic, wildcard or ‘sounds like’ searching) |
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Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) |
| Zooming functionality |
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| User interaction |
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Users can ‘bookmark’ or store images |
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Users can annotate bookmarked images |
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Users can upload their own images to the system |
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Users can create slide shows |
| Security/Digital Rights Management (DRM) |
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Access control based on roles or profiles |
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Access control based on individual usernames and passwords |
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Compatibility with standard educational authentication services (e.g. Athens or Shibboleth) |
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Built-in Digital Rights Management technology (e.g. watermarking) |
| Interoperability/interaction with other systems |
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| Other significant delivery functionality |
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Company and support information
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| Country in which system developers are based |
UK |
| Approximately how many UK users are there? |
90
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| UK office, representative or primary reseller |
Papermule Ltd
Units 16/17 Diss Business Centre
Diss
Norfolk IP21 4HD
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| Independent user-group for this system? |
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| UK-based training available? |
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Training is delivered on a train the trainer of key user basis and is costed based on a daily rate |
| System support |
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24/7/365 support is available. The support cost is based on hours covered and initial system cost |
| Other services available |
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Papermule Ltd provide a consultancy service along with bespoke development and migration services. |
