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)