Transcript 20050503-K20-Smith

Digital Asset
Management:
Solutions for Campus
Collections
Myke Smith
Manager, Streaming Media Technologies
ResearchChannel
Topics of Discussion
ResearchChannel Overview
– Who are we?
– How do we manage and deliver
content?
Digital Asset Management
– DigitalWell Overview
– Use Cases Review
– Updates and Future Steps
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What is ResearchChannel?
• Non-profit consortium
• Television and internet channel
• Extensive collection of VOD
content
• Test-bed for new distribution
methods
• Leader in interactive technologies
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ResearchChannel Delivery
• 2500 hrs+ modem/broadband freely
available SD/HD VOD programs
• Live multicast internationally
to 30mbps DV
• Broadcast through cable/satellite
to 20 million homes
What’s on ResearchChannel?
300 new programs each year
Social and
Political Sciences
Arts and
Humanities
Business and
Economics
Engineering and
Computer Science
Sciences
Education
Health and
Medicine
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Internet Viewing: Live Webcast
Hours
viewed
per month
by bitrate
20000
15000
Cable
DSL
10000
Modem
Audio
5000
0
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
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Who Participates?
• Universities
• Research institutions
• Corporate research centers
• Networking organizations
• Television operators
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Current Participants: Universities
California State U niversity, Sacramento
Tulane U niversity
Duke U niversity
U niversidad de Puerto R ico
George Mason U niversity
U niversidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Johns Hopkins U niversity
U niversity of Alaska Fairbanks
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U niversity of Chicago
National U niversity of Singapore (Singapore)
U niversity of Hawaii
New York U niversity
U niversity of Maryland - College Park
Oregon State U niversity
U niversity of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State U niversity
U niversity of Southern California
R ice U niversity
U niversity of Virginia
R utgers U niversity
U niversity of Washington
Stanford U niversity Medical Center
U niversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Texas A&M U niversity
Virginia Tech
Tufts U niversity
Yale U niversity
Current Participants: Affiliates
Advanced Network Forum (ANF) -Korea
Natonal Academy of Engineering
AJA Video Systems
National Academy of Science
Australia's Academic and Research
National Institute of Nursing Research
Network (AARNET)
Corporation for Education Network
Initiatives in California (CENIC)
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
National Institutes of Health
Fujinon Corporation
National Library of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
National Science Foundation
IBM Corporation
National Sea Grant College Program
Intel Corporation
Pacific Northwest Gigapop
Internet2
R1edu.org
Johnson & Johnson
SURFNet - Netherlands
Library of Congress
Vulcan Northwest Inc.
Microsoft Research
Wisconsin Public Television
Accomplishments
First
HD over IP
1998
First
MPEG-2
VOD
1999
Launched
television
channel
2000
Launched
internet
channel
iGrid: First
Trans-Atlantic
Hd over IP
2001
Launched
DAMS
Automated
Encoding
2002
Automated
Television to
Web Sched
2003
Streaming
to PDA
2004
APAN: First
uncompressed
HD VOD
Content Delivery Process
Broadcast
Traffic System
Metadata
International
Retransmission
Multicast
Services
Video capture
Synchronization
Web Broadcast Schedule
Program Library
VoD Metadata
Streaming
Services
Video-On-Demand
DigitalWell
What is DigitalWell?
• Digital Asset Management System
(DAMS)
• Automated / Semi-automated
Encoding
• Content integration
• Collaborative platform
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DigitalWell Overview
• End-to-end platform for
content
– Broadcast
capture/contribution
– Description for search
– Delivery in various formats
• Adaptable content quality
– Standard and HD
– High & low bandwidth
•Middleware
– Metadata (Dublin Core,
PBCore, MPEG-4)
•Scalable architecture
– Evolve with technology
•Federated DAMS
interoperation
•Storage/Preservation
• Multiple asset types
– Static: documents, images,
data
– Dynamic: video, audio, etc.
Descriptive
Data
Management Tools
Content Administration
– Addition, deletion, modification
– Platform indifferent
– Metadata management
– Subordinate rights administration
System Administration
– Quota management
– Uber account creation
– Multiple collection administration
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Encoding Process
Next Steps / Future Plans
Currently rolling out latest
version to production
– Q2: Migration of installed user
base
– Q3: Open to new user
implementation
Next version
– SRB
– Advanced search
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For More Information
www.researchchannel.org
www.digitalwell.org
• Inquires:
[email protected]
• Myke Smith
[email protected]
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