<s>
ViewMinder	B-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
managing	O
content	O
,	O
rights	O
and	O
usage	O
of	O
digital	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
using	O
structured	B-General_Concept
metadata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freeware	B-License
version	O
,	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
Express	O
,	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
but	O
could	O
organize	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
250	O
pictures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4.01	O
supported	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
its	O
publisher	O
,	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
Limited	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
England	O
announced	O
that	O
consumer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewMinder	B-Application
manages	O
images	O
by	O
using	O
structured	B-General_Concept
metadata	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
embedded	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
group	O
was	O
formed	O
by	O
the	O
I3A	O
association	O
,	O
representing	O
major	O
international	O
imaging	O
companies	O
,	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
seems	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
DIG35	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
recommended	O
implementation	O
structure	O
for	O
DIG35	O
but	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
instead	O
uses	O
SQLite	O
,	O
an	O
ACID-compliant	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewMinder	B-Application
also	O
tracks	O
image	O
authors	O
(	O
photographers	O
or	O
designers	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
monitor	O
image	O
rights	O
and	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewMinder	B-Application
accepts	O
images	O
in	O
the	O
formats	O
jpg	O
,	O
bmp	B-Device
,	O
png	O
and	O
uncompressed	O
tif	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technical	O
data	O
(	O
Exif	O
or	O
DCF	B-Algorithm
)	O
embedded	O
in	O
files	O
from	O
digital	O
cameras	O
is	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
database	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
and	O
can	O
later	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ViewMinder	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
simple	O
image	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
can	O
rotate	O
and	O
crop	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
adjust	O
brightness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
define	O
one	O
or	O
several	O
external	O
image	O
editing	O
programs	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
can	O
be	O
invoked	O
transparently	O
to	O
edit	O
images	O
while	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
is	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
compatible	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
external	O
image	B-Application
editor	I-Application
must	O
accept	O
a	O
filename	O
as	O
an	O
argument	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
command	B-Application
editor.exe	O
,	O
image.jpg	O
the	O
editing	O
program	O
editor.exe	O
must	O
open	O
the	O
file	O
image.jpg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photoshop	O
Elements	O
and	O
IrfanView	B-Protocol
are	O
given	O
as	O
examples	O
of	O
compatible	O
external	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
imported	O
from	O
other	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
users	O
therefore	O
arrange	O
themselves	O
into	O
the	O
correct	O
classes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	O
classes	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
directories	B-Application
(	O
folders	O
)	O
but	O
their	O
names	O
and	O
relative	O
positions	O
are	O
determined	O
by	O
information	O
in	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
’s	O
database	O
,	O
not	O
by	O
their	O
location	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
file	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
images	O
,	O
the	O
database	O
file	O
and	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
for	O
collection	O
structure	O
are	O
held	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
directory	B-Application
,	O
so	O
an	O
entire	O
image	O
collection	O
can	O
be	O
backed	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
by	O
copying	O
a	O
single	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	O
printing	O
via	O
user	O
’s	O
own	O
printer	O
or	O
on-line	O
services	O
,	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
XP	B-Application
Service	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.04	O
–	O
August	O
2005	O
:	O
External	O
image	B-Application
editor	I-Application
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
ViewMinder	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
image	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
