MMIDS/2025/DIG - Digital Image Documentation Standard

Excerpt: Technical specification for artwork image capture, processing, and distribution within the Multimodal Institute documentation system.

Source Requirements

- Minimum 3000px on longest dimension - Color-calibrated capture environment - ICC profile embedded

File Formats

- Primary distribution: WebP (lossy, quality 85) - Archival backup: JPEG (quality 95)

Responsive Variants

Variant Width Use Case
full source archival
1000w 1000px detailed view
600w 600px article/social
300w 300px thumbnails
thumb300 300px square navigation
thumb150 150px square grids

Verification

- SHA-256 hash computed at source - Hash published in nanopub metadata - Enables downstream authenticity verification

Metadata

- EXIF: capture conditions - XMP: copyright, licensing - JSON-LD: scholarly discovery

Related Terms

- SHA-256 - WebP Format - JPEG Format - Responsive Images - ICC Profile - Metadata