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The aim of the project Meta-Image is to provide a network-based research environment for art history and other sciences concerning visual culture. It consists of the two components prometheus and HyperImage: prometheus provides a basis for collaborative work directly on the image using resources of over 770,000 images in 61 connected image databases (as of May 2008). The numerous users, the secure legal context for use and the already existing technologies for collaborative research make prometheus a perfect application for the Meta-Image technology. HyperImage, an image annotation tool, serves as supporting instrument for research in art history. It allows the identification of motifs, the creation of linked image networks as well as the addition of metadata. This synthesis creates the ability to reorganise, juxtapose and annotate images in a way that can lead to new conclusions concerning image-based research. The project is funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) under the project title 'Meta-Image – A collaborative environment for image discourse' in the program Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (LIS). Participating institutions: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Universität zu Köln, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin