You can now order Another DAM eBook directly from me.
I just released Version 1.0 containing over 52 blog posts from the year 2009 complete with links to all the sites I reference throughout my blog posts.
In 2011, Another DAM eBook version 2.0 will be released. And yes, you guessed it…that will contain 52 blog posts from 2010.
And that means I am still writing blog posts.
Based on the feedback I get back from you about version 1.0, that will help improve Another DAM eBook version 2.0.
I have tested this eBook on several eBook readers successfully. Hopefully, more functionality will come to these devices by next year.
Want the link to the eBook? Send me an email requesting it and I will forward you a link to download it.
Depending who you ask, you will get a different answer to the question, “What is Digital Asset Management (DAM)?”
There are plenty of unrelated answers found, about water reservoirs and feats of aquatic engineering. There is even an entry for “dam (dekameter)”. Umm, not really what we are talking about here, but thank you Wolfram|Alpha
In all seriousness, here is a list of answers to the question in their own words (click on each link):
So how do we get consensus on one definition? Can’t we just all get one definition for DAM? Does DAM vary that much? Do we need a broad enough definition that covers what DAM was before, what it is today and what it is becoming? Should there be a simple broad definition to understand the concepts and then more complex definitions to understand the various parts of the solution?
This discussion starts with unity among the DAM professional community. In September 2010, there were two DAM conferences back to back in different cities. Most of the top active minds in the ‘DAM-osphere’ were present. The issue is you could ask every DAM professional the same question and you would likely get a different definition from each person. Or they would ask you to reference xyz.
Sigh.
So how do we fix this? One solution is to set standards going forward. Someone told me ‘the interesting thing about standards is everyone has their own.’ Where is the standards body which creates these standards and hashes out what it really is? Sure, there are well accepted standards bodies. Just to list a few, there are:
The issue is these standards bodies move slowly when establishing standards. It can take 5 to 15 years to set a standard. Does anything change within that period of time?
There is one group which DAM professionals may have heard of already.
Enter the DAM Foundation. Yes, that’s right. There is one. And their major purpose for existence?
It has hundreds of members from DAM professional community already. You will hear more about it in the coming months. I have spoken to plenty of DAM professionals who would love to hash this out together… not individually. A standard accepted by the whole can trump the standard mentioned from one.
Meanwhile, we can continue the discussion…
What is your definition of Digital Asset Management?
Some discounts are still available to attend this Conference.
Before the conference, the moderator will be crowdsourcing some questions for this panel discussion from the DAM Community in advance. We will be taking questions from the audience that day as well.
Later on, there will be a blog post to answer the question…
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