Metadata streaming, a kind of sequentially flowing descriptive
data, relates to the EBU/SMPTE concept of a "new class of enablers of
systems using bit streams for program material exchange." There are many
practical applications for this metadata streaming, including a
"standardized descriptive data to help in locating material through
various database entries." Would you favor a standard by which:
b. actions within a film or video sequence are described. 27
c. objects and placement of objects within an image or frame are catalogued. 29
d. "original works" are identified through standard fields of information. This standard may stem from an established practice, but it must encompass the full gamut of media sources. Just as published works are assigned an ISBN, standard identifiers could be assigned to materials that are digitized for preservation. Distinct identifiers could also be assigned for distinct versions of this material. 33
...integrity and intellectual associations are more important than image-related associations. ...I feel strongly that ["orginal works" are identified through standard fields of information] is paramount for any standard. - Carli
...will we describe the boats in the sea around the Statue of Liberty, considering that one day someone might be interested in this type of sequences? or do we decide that describing the Statue of liberty wil 'implicitly' indicate to a future user that there might be boats around it ? - Despres-Lonnet
The metadata should be able to be applied at this level automatically from a top level record. Enter the title in a base record and when the data is streamed out the title is added to each individual frame. Tools to make this information easily replicated will be crucial. - Hedges
Artists and art students are very aware of originals and "restored" / colorized versions since that is what they sometimes learn to do in their craft. But the industry should not make it so difficult that artists and students cannot be allowed their creativity - They are your future. Think of Steven Spielberg. - Hehman
I think these sound good, but not all will take off at the same time. Some efforts will be the realm of libraries, while others will be left to more risk-taking ventures for entrepreneurial publishers. - Lowe
Yes! Yes! (Oh, excuse me . . . )
It's just that it seems so futuristic compared to not being able to afford to
make a reference copy . . . - Lucas
The Standards of Practice and the Code of ethics for the American Institute for the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works might be interesting in this context. - Messier
All of these features would be so desirable it isn't funny! - Turner
Metadata will be tricky and big. - Weiss
Version control [...] is a very important part of the projects we are running
here -- without it we don't believe we have effective preservation because we
would lose the provenance of the copies! This is an issue for users but also
for the management of the archive.
...we [...] see [this level of retrievability] as a relatively low priority for
our kind of collection. However, we are involved in a project looking at
adapting that kind of moving image-based software to audio. [Describing
actions within a film or video sequence] ...would be very useful,
but it is much harder to characterise significant reference points such as
movements, colours or shapes in oral history sound recordings.
...to what extent are these preservation tools, worthy though they may be?
Is there a danger of access tools distracting us from the preservation
challenges? - Webb
We train cataloguers to have a principled, consistent approach, but also they have to vary this approach depending upon the nature and value of the programme (entity). But [Each frame identifies a relationship] and ["orginal works" are identified through standard fields] are both essential to the integrity of the labelling.
- Wright
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