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DIGITUM Archiviste

In development

How many photographs in your collection are still sitting without a descriptive record?

Digitum Archiviste assists archivists and heritage institutions in analyzing historical photographs — classification, dating, condition assessment, rights — and generates records compliant with ISAD(G) / RDDA, Dublin Core, VRA Core, and LIDO standards.

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Why now

Archival description can no longer keep pace with collection volume

Four realities facing archival services and heritage institutions.

  • 01

    Photographic collections outpace processing capacity

    Thousands of photographs often sit waiting for item-level description, simply because there isn’t time to apply professional standards to each one.

  • 02

    Description standards remain demanding

    RDDA/RAD, ISAD(G), Dublin Core, VRA Core, LIDO: each standard imposes its own structure, fields, and vocabulary — specialized work even for an experienced archivist.

  • 03

    Digital provenance is becoming mandatory

    Article 50 of the European AI Act, in effect since August 2026, requires labeling of AI-generated or AI-modified content; in Quebec, the LGGRI requires public bodies to maintain a governance registry of their generative AI use.

  • 04

    Condition is rarely documented systematically

    Without a consistently applied framework, digitization and restoration priorities often rest on impressions rather than criteria that are comparable from one item to the next.

The solution

An analysis assistant, not a replacement for the archivist

Four pillars, built on recognized archival standards and systematic human validation.

  • ANALYSIS

    Automated classification and analysis

    Upload a photograph: likely photographic process, dating, geographic origin, composition, and condition are identified in seconds, each with a confidence level.

  • DESCRIPTION

    Records compliant with archival standards

    Automatic generation of a seven-field record following RDDA/RAD — the Canadian standard used by BAnQ and Library and Archives Canada — with ready-to-integrate XMP, Dublin Core, VRA Core, and LIDO exports.

  • VALIDATION

    Always under archival control

    Every proposal comes with a confidence percentage and remains editable in review mode. Results are preliminary suggestions, meant to be validated by an archivist before final integration.

  • GOVERNANCE

    Built-in AI governance registry

    Every analysis is logged automatically: file, institution, tool used, digital source type. A registry exportable at any time, useful for meeting LGGRI requirements.

Who it’s for

Built for two distinct realities

Whether you manage a small heritage collection or a public archival fonds, Digitum Archiviste adapts to your requirements.

  • Heritage institutions

    Museums, historical societies, and archival centers

    Older photographic collections, holdings awaiting processing, limited archival resources.

    • Item-by-item or batch processing, up to 50 photographs at once
    • Direct export to your document management tools (XMP, Dublin Core)
    • Archive-ready PDF report for each item
  • Public archives

    Municipal, university, and government archival services

    Organizations subject to description, preservation, and increasingly, AI governance obligations.

    • Description compliant with the RDDA/RAD used by BAnQ and LAC
    • Exportable AI governance registry, aligned with the LGGRI
    • Standardized condition framework to prioritize interventions

Privacy and control

Your images never pass through Digitum’s servers

Digitum Archiviste runs directly in your browser. To perform the analysis, each photograph is sent to an external artificial intelligence service using an access key that you obtain and hold yourself — never Digitum.

  • What Digitum never sees

    Your photographs and your access key

    The tool runs in your browser; your access key for the AI service is stored locally on your machine and is never transmitted to Digitum.

    • Digitum Consulting never receives, sees, or stores any photograph or generated metadata
    • The AI governance registry stays stored locally, in your browser
    • Only the information tied to your beta account (name, email, institution) is transmitted to us
  • Data protection

    An architecture that limits data

    Digitum Consulting receives only your beta account information, and handles it under its privacy policy.

    • Your photographs never pass through our servers
    • This architecture deliberately limits the personal information we process
    • Every analysis remains subject to human validation before final integration

Digitum Consulting

A suite of tools for the image, from the field to the archive.

Beta program

Join the beta program

We’re recruiting a limited number of heritage institutions and archival services to help shape Digitum Archiviste ahead of its official launch.

  • Direct, priority support
  • Influence over the product roadmap
  • Personalized onboarding support
Sign up for the beta program