Organize, describe, enrich metadata, and find images again.
About
The meaning of images, from the work to its provenance.
Obscura Catalog manages the meaning of images: works, authors, attributions, prints, exhibitions, publications and provenance, EXIF and XMP metadata, LIDO, CIDOC-CRM and CSV exports, certificate of authenticity.
Ecosystem
Two apps, two distinct roles.
Obscura Catalog and Obscura Vault both derive from Obscura Flow. Catalog references files but does not archive them: .obf archives and fixity checks belong to Obscura Vault. The two apps never depend on each other.
Two distinct products
Preserve originals, verify their integrity, back up and restore.
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What guides Obscura Catalog.
The formats of heritage institutions and imaging software, and the catalogue raisonné model.
Heritage standards
LIDO and CIDOC-CRM, two standards maintained by the ICOM CIDOC committee, to exchange with institutions.
Standard metadata
EXIF and XMP, the metadata read by cameras and imaging software.
CSV for everyone
A CSV export that every spreadsheet can read.
The catalogue raisonné model
Works, agents, attributions, prints, exhibitions, publications, and provenance.
Authenticity
A certificate of authenticity issued by the app.
On your Mac
A macOS app from the Obscura Flow ecosystem.
Publisher
Software by Oorun.
Obscura Catalog is proprietary software by Oorun, whose terms of use are set by an end user license agreement.
The publisher's team: not presented yet. Registered office, registration and publication director are given in the legal notice.
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Give every work its catalogue.
Obscura Catalog is available for macOS. Download it from the Obscura member area, or write to us to learn more.