An open source application for the digital photo workflow, the blueMarine project will provide you an all-in-one tool for managing your photos, from the shoot up to the archiving and beyond.
The aim of blueMarine is to fully support the photographic workflow, even before the photo shoot (for instance, trip planning supported by maps) and beyond print or archival. For instance, an ornithologist usually manages field notes about the bird observed and photographed: directly binding them to photos and maybe GPS positioning data is much better than keeping a separate Excel sheet.
blueMarine, in addition to the common image formats such as JPEG and TIFF, also supports RAW formats from most manufacturers: CR2, CRW, DNG, MRW, NEF, PEF, SRF. The support is still partial, as image quality is not guaranteed at the moment (e.g. colors aren't reproduced accurately).