Strike Video Core Metadata Elements Discussion 22 July 2009

Who:

  • Rob Wolfe
  • Ann Whiteside
  • Elaine Mello
  • Jolene deVerges
  • Patsy Baudoin

Objective: A core set of metadata elements for digital video obects

Why: Video has unique metadata needs for preservation, management, and dissemination

Kinds of digital video:

  • Documentary
  • Feature film
  • News item
  • Symposia
  • Lectures
  • Research vides

Another categorization of digital video:

  • Dramatic, Creative
  • Non-Dramatic, Factual

Yet another categorization of digital video:

  • edited
  • raw

Applicable metadata genres:

  • Descriptive
  • Technical
  • Structural

Existing Standards and Best Practices:

  • SMIL (JdV)
  • ATOM/RSS (RW)
  • MPEG-21 (PB)
  • ID3 (RW)
  • XAML (RW)
  • VRML (RW)

Digital Video Formats:

  • QTVR (AW)
  • MP4 (JdV)
  • realplayer (EM)
  • FLV (EM)
  • MOV (PB)
  • Silverlight (RW)
  • AVI (EM)
  • MP2 (EM)
  • DV (RW)
  • MKV (RW)
  • WMV (EM)
  • RAW (EM)

Digital Video Collections:

  • UC-Berkeley (AW)
  • Library of Congress (JdV)
  • Internet Archive (RW)
  • UVA Video (AW)
  • NYU (PB)
  • USC (EM)

What do we need to know about digital video?

  • File Format
  • Duration
  • Size
  • Sample rates
  • Transcripts
  • Subtitles
  • Key frame
  • Time code
  • Video codecs
  • Tracks (Audio/Video)
  • No labels