"Calligraphy" is the art of writing. The Chinese have a unique way of using ink and lines on paper to express the beauty of Chinese characters’ different forms and styles as well as the calligrapher’s sentiment. "Painting" uses the elements of dot, line, surface and color in a two dimensional space to express an image. “Painting and Calligraphy” as a phrase include calligraphy, prints, ink paintings, oil paintings, watercolor paintings, and other types of works; all are 2D visual arts. Therefore, the digitization procedure planned by this guideline treats paintings and calligraphy as 2D art works with relatively rich colors. 

This guideline took into consideration the digitization procedures of the painting and calligraphy collections of the National Palace Museum, National Museum of History, Lee Shih-Chiao Fine Arts Museum, and Hwa Kang Museum. It provides guidelines and reference standards to institutions which wish to digitize the same kinds of material. The content includes units of digitization work flowchart, preliminary procedures, object digitization procedure, metadata and database establishment, etc. Based on this guideline and actual operational condition, each institution can establish its own digitization procedure to meet its specific requirements.

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