<s>
Tropy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
desktop	O
knowledge	O
organization	O
application	O
that	O
helps	O
users	O
manage	O
and	O
describe	O
photographs	O
of	O
research	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photos	O
imported	O
into	O
Tropy	B-Application
can	O
be	O
combined	O
into	O
single	O
items	O
,	O
described	O
with	O
metadata	O
that	O
is	O
applied	O
in	O
bulk	O
or	O
created	O
with	O
custom	O
metadata	O
templates	O
,	O
annotated	O
with	O
research	O
notes	O
,	O
and	O
tagged	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
a	O
researcher	O
's	O
preferred	O
mode	O
of	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tropy	B-Application
acknowledges	O
the	O
ways	O
in	O
which	O
that	O
"	O
digital	O
photography	O
and	O
less-restrictive	O
archival	O
policies	O
on	O
digital	O
reproduction	O
for	O
personal	O
use	O
"	O
have	O
transformed	O
the	O
ways	O
that	O
archives	O
and	O
their	O
communities	O
of	O
users	O
conduct	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workshops	O
on	O
Tropy	B-Application
have	O
been	O
held	O
by	O
libraries	O
at	O
Brown	O
University	O
,	O
Yale	O
University	O
,	O
Northeastern	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
University	O
of	O
Texas	O
at	O
Austin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tropy	B-Application
does	O
not	O
seek	O
to	O
be	O
photo	O
editing	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
citation	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
a	O
writing	O
platform	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
online	O
exhibit	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tropy	B-Application
seeks	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
challenges	O
of	O
the	O
now-common	O
experience	O
of	O
researchers	O
photographing	O
objects	O
in	O
archives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tropy	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
group	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
photos	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
document	O
,	O
apply	O
multiple	O
tags	O
to	O
photos	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
organization	O
,	O
and	O
provide	O
annotations	O
and	O
notes	O
to	O
individual	O
items	O
and	O
groups	O
of	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Material	O
in	O
Tropy	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
JSON-LD	B-Protocol
and	O
Omeka	B-Language
to	O
allow	O
collaboration	O
with	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
accepts	O
JPEG	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
AVIF	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
HEIC	O
,	O
JP2	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
TIF	O
,	O
WEBP	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Andrew	O
W	O
.	O
Mellon	O
Foundation	O
funded	O
Tropy	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tropy	B-Application
's	O
public	O
released	O
happened	O
in	O
October	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
