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| ===== Meta-data ===== | ===== Meta-data ===== | ||
| - | With meta-data, we identify all data that surrounds a slide, but that is not graphical. The actual pixels (or viewport representation) of a slide are //not// meta-data. [[working_with_annotations|Annotations]] can be considered meta-data in the semantic sense, but they're link to graphical activities as well. So [[working_with_annotations|annotations are discussed elsewhere in this manual]]. | + | With meta-data, we identify all non-graphical data about a slide. The actual pixels (or viewport representation) of a slide are //not// meta-data. [[working_with_annotations|Annotations]] can be considered meta-data in the semantic sense, however they're linked to graphical data. Therefore, [[working_with_annotations|annotations are discussed elsewhere in this manual]]. |
| There is [[https://realdata.pathomation.com/how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/|a blog article]] that serves as a complementary tutorial to this blog entry. In [[https://realdata.pathomation.com/how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/|the article]], we consider 3 types of meta-data in PMA.core: | There is [[https://realdata.pathomation.com/how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/|a blog article]] that serves as a complementary tutorial to this blog entry. In [[https://realdata.pathomation.com/how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/|the article]], we consider 3 types of meta-data in PMA.core: | ||
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| ==== Intrinsic meta-data ==== | ==== Intrinsic meta-data ==== | ||
| - | This type of data can be consulted via the Image Management's [[image_manager#slide_view_right_panel|left panel]], or more directly via the [[interfacing_the_server_from_3rd_party_software|API]]. | + | This type of data can be consulted via the Image Manager's [[image_manager#slide_view_right_panel|left panel]], or more directly via the [[interfacing_the_server_from_3rd_party_software|API]]. |
| ==== User-captured meta-data ==== | ==== User-captured meta-data ==== | ||
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| That's why we provide the option to [[external_data|establish links to external databases systems]] in a two-step fashion: | That's why we provide the option to [[external_data|establish links to external databases systems]] in a two-step fashion: | ||
| - | * first, you define the link to the resource (via a connectionstring). In PMA.core 2 this can be a SQLServer or Oracle RDBMS. | + | - You define the link to the resource (via a connection string). In PMA.core this can be a SQLServer or Oracle RDBMS. |
| - | * second, you define a query that retrieves the data from the RDBMS, and identify a way so that individual records can be mapped back to specific filenames. | + | - You define a query that retrieves the data from the RDBMS, and identify a way that individual records can be mapped back to specific filenames. |
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| + | Furthermore, PMA.core can be configured to [[external_api_data|fetch JSON formatted data from external APIs]]. | ||
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