[TYPO3-ect] DAM Category-Information

[Dr. Ronald P. Steiner]

Hi List,

like many others I programed an extension for a photo album. ... like 
many others mine is much better than all before - more flexible - more 
multi functional, more speed, ... I display all photos from a DAM 
Category in this gallery.
I noticed a principle problem - missing feature that comes with DAM. 
This feature is really basic and would help in lots of ways when dealing 
with DAM.

There needs to be a way to link information to the files of only one 
category. For e.g.:
1. A sorting within the files in one category. E.G.: A file is number 1 
in category A and number 99 in category B
2. Additional info for files in one category. E.G.: A file might be 
labeled best in category A and poor in category B. or the information 
"latin name" is only used for the photos in the category "plants"
3. Content elements should also be associated to the files in one category.
I think all three requests could be realized in the same way. An 
additional field is created for all files in DAM. This stores the 
information for that file within the different categories ... just like 
a TS-Array:
category_A {
    sorting = 1
    label = best
    story_to_file = tt_content:9
}
category_B {
    sorting = 99
    label = poor
    latin_name = testus testicus
}
There just needs to be a simple and intuitive way to generate this 
information-Array.

Such functionality would help in lots of ways. For. e.g.
- a photo gallery could be sorted properly and contain additional 
informations.
- Files could be rated in different download lists differently.
- Different content for further description can be shown for the same 
video in different context (notes of the actors in a list of the movies 
an actor played in; notes of the director in a list of movies from one 
director);
- The photos of one category are displayed as a text-book with text and 
picture and a navigation between the pages;
... different front-end extensions will need this category information 
within DAM

I hope I could motivate someone to join in this project. I'm happy to 
give some financial sponsoring to let this project grow. Just get in 
contact.

with kind regards

Ron