PolitIcon Project

Electronic Warburg Library Hamburg: honorary consulting regarding its telecommunication and computing infrastructure
Construction of an open multi-media workbench to support the daily work of art history researchers (image scanning, text editing, image and text classification, linking, publication, etc.)
Research and development towards a Kiosk application (Friedensspiele) for a European exhibition in Münster, 1998 (350. Jahrestag des Friedens von Münster und Osnabrück)

12/94-3/95, Thomas Sidow, Florian Matthes: Proposals and consulting for the telecommunication and computing infrastructure to be established at the Warburg library (networks, hardware, software).
12/94-3/95, Thomas Sidow: Experiments with scanning software and hardware (resolution, image formats, space requirements)
9/94-5/95, Andreas Bösch, [Info]: PolitIcon project: object-oriented analysis and design, VisualBasic prototype implementation
22/1/95 Andreas Bösch, Florian Matthes, Joachim W. Schmidt: Meeting: Computer support for art history research. Presentations of existing projects and prototypes in the area
3/95-5/95, Marc Weikard: Scanning of 3000 images (topic: Krieg und Frieden) using DBIS equipment
4/95-5/95, Ilona Hachmann: Text data acquisition for 180 selected postcards into standardized markup text
4/95-5/95, Ulrike Steffens: Full-text indexing of 180 text data items using INQUERY and Tycoon.
4/95-5/95, Gerd Bremer: Preparation of Warburg electronic library demo (WWW etc.)

20/4/94 Inauguration of the Warburg library building: Presentation of the vision: Electronic Warburg Library, Hamburg.; General and specific WWW services ("Schlacht von Nördlingen") integrating images, texts, and databases.

Florian Matthes, (21-mar-95).