[Digikam-users] [?OT] Image organisation query

[Robert Markula]

Francesco Scaglioni schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Not digikam specific.  Now that my image collection will no
> longer fit on a DVD I need to restructure the collection so
> that some form of logical backup can continue.  Ideally with
> incremental CDs and full with DVDs.

Hi Francesco,
I use th following tried-and-true method, which allows me to be 
independent from any specific software, althought my main software is 
digiKam:

The folders are categorized into year (yyyy) and album (yyyy-mm-dd album 
description).
The images are formatted as 'yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss ShortImageDescription'.
Additionally, all Tags are stored as IPTC keywords.

So, I have a directory structure similiar to this:

Images
|
|- 2006
    |- 2006-09-27 Birthday party
       |- 2006-09-27 19-15-27 Birthday cake.jpg
       |- 2006-09-27 19-16-52 Me.jpg
       |- 2006-09-27 19-16-58 Group picture.jpg
    |- 2006-09-28 Visit from Jacky
       |- 2006-09-28 09-49-21 Cheese everybody.jpg
|- 2007
    |- 2007-01-01 New year
       |- 2007-01-01 07-15-03 Looking tired.jpg

This directory structure allows me to quickly find images even with the 
standard filebrowser.

I do a daily backup of all my personal data - including images - on an 
external harddrive using rsync.
Every month I do an additional external backup on a trusted friends' 
computer in case of any catastrophic event destroing my laptop and the 
external harddrive (house fire, theft etc.)
This keeps me pretty secure.

I would never trust CDs/DVDs only.

Cheers,
Ro