Processing 'log file' of computational events?

[marlin]

Dear Helicon Community,

This question applies to both H-Remote & H-Focus.

We do a lot of imaging for museum professionals and forensic specialists.

Both of these audiences consistently request a processing "log file" of what actually took place within the 'capture' or 'focus' events.

(here's the jist, we need to provide scientific provenance or 'proof' of what how the files were generated and the changes that occurred to them - they want to be able to prove that the chance of image manipulation or fraud is Zero)

Is there a way that I can save / export an 'Event Process Log File'? preferrabley into a .XML file? Human or machine readable?

Thanks for any info,

Marlin.

[Stas Yatsenko]

Yes, this is possible to implement. Please send us a sample log to support@heliconsoft.com

[marlin]

hi Stas,

sorry about the delay, I wanted to check with my peers previous to sending this data.

This sort of data is really important to a certain audience. I really appreciate you taking a look at this. In a way this is a slippery slope, bc its straight forward to write events to a log file, there's just so much of it.

In a conversation with my professional peers, we wanted keep it simple:

-basic requirements like a time and date stamp
-what version of the tool was used
-a recording of all the steps (such as how many images taken, focal changes (if there is numerical data for that)
-camera data, etc

For the processing I am not sure the best way to record what Helicon does.
-perhaps state how many images were stacked
-what the names of those original images were
-name for the algorithm they use (or any parameters or user settings to record that)

We have a really simple 'log' text file for our "array capture software" - an example this is below. The 'log file' is just text.

(you can see our 'light array' product and learn more at this url:)
http://culturalheritageimaging.org/What ... jects/wam/

I hope that you get the idea.

If Helicon could export a similar 'log file' from Focus and from Remote. Adoption by the museum and forensic committees, etc, would really benefit from the argument of being to claim that Helicon really is one step closer to 'scientific imaging'.

I'd be interested to learn about your thoughts and next steps, and if you're going to adopt the ability to export an event 'log file'.

thanks.
marlin.

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