The history of BOM-VL

The start of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT) in 2004

The need for strategies for digital preservation and distribution in Flanders

Co-operation between IBBT, audiovisual sector and cultural sector in Flanders

IPEA

In search for a system for digital archiving for the audiovisual sector in Flanders

User needsMetadata modelsMedia formatsSecurityTechnical architectureBusiness models

Heritage 2.0

Metadata layer for cultural heritage sector in Flanders

Personalized, location-based and mobile content distribution

Pre and post visit online

CUPID

Instruments for personalized and enriched cultural experiences

Content aggregationCategorizationPersonalizationDistribution

BOM-VL

Heritage and culture sector (5)Regional broadcasters (8)Other broadcasters (5)Media companies (2)Test facility (1)Research groups (4)

2008-2009

WP1: user needs

Mapping of the needs of different potential usages of a multimedia archive

Needs can be linked to end products but also on context and processes

Needs can be linked to content and to metadata, and to the grey zone between content and metadata

WP2: selection

What has to be preserved and digitized?What should be the selection mechanisms?Who is deciding?What do we want to preserve for future generations? Should it be guided by the audience or by the experts?What should be the role of the government?

WP3: metadata

Comparative study about preservation and compression formats available in the cultural and heritage sector

Creation of a layered metadata model

WP4: copyright

Legal challenges and opportunities regarding preservation and distribution of multimedia data

Creation of a legal checklist

WP5: distribution

Assessment of available digital content in Flanders

Analysis of potential distribution models

Creation of target group scenarios

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KUNST

Content related revenue models (from user perspective)

Free modelFree & added value modelClicks-and-bricks modelPay-per-order modelSubscriptie- en licentiemodelPrepaidmodel

WP6: demonstrator

Ingest configuration

Workshop programme

11.00 – 11.15: Introduction11.15 – 11.30: Towards an open and dynamic multimedia archive

(Gert Nulens, IBBT-SMIT)11.30 – 12:00: A cross-domain metadata model

(Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, Ghent University &Sam Coppens, IBBT-MMLAB)

12.00 – 12.15: The innovative platform (demonstration) (Brecht Vermeulen, IBBT)

12.15 – 12.30: Future developments: the projects Archipel & VIB (Inge Van Nieuwerburgh & Brecht Vermeulen)

12.30 – 13.00: Panel (questions and answers)

Deliverables WP1

T1.1: Open and dynamic archive (interpretation)

T1.2: Creative atelier (creation)

T1.3: Scientific use (research)

T1.4: Contextualized content (contextualization)

Not only traditional researchAlso awareness creation, consensus building, knowledge

sharing, creating new questions and challenges

T1.1: Open and dynamic archive

Archive as an instrument to preserve the past but also to re-interpret the present and the future

Dynamic: archive as a source of new relations and meanings

Open: opportunities for users to ad interpretations Both for professionals and amateurs

Literature, interviews, workshops

Wisdom of the crowds / cult of the amateur Does the prosumer exist? Is an open archive realistic?

T1.2: Creative atelier

Archive as a source of re-use Re-use versus creation new content Use of end products and process content

Related to tradition of mash-ups, remix, samplings, …. in the art sector

For the audiovisual sector: Internal use comes first Broadband problems for exchange

T1.3: Scientific use

Rich source for scientific research Need for ‘accurate information’ and ‘accurate and

detailed metadata’

Quality Authenticity, version control Responsibility of authors/providers Availability

Accessibility Technical infrastructure Search facilities Open Access

T1.4: contextualized content

Usefulness of an archive for some target groups (e.g. education) depends on the contextualization of the content

Contextualization via content-relations Contextualization via content-packets

Contextualization is based on expert generated metadata

UGC can only be an additional tool Presentation Extended search facilities

Discussion

How to balance quality and participation How to balance traditional and innovative (intuitive) searching How to create a critical mass in a small region How to balance user needs and economic/legal realities How to go beyond institution bounded platforms

Watch out for technological determinism Watch out for social determinism (there is no average audience…)

gert.nulens@vub.ac.be