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PBCore: The Challenge of Adopting a Descriptive Metadata Standard for Public Media
By pbcore.org | on February 16, 2011
Tags: article | broadcasting | descriptive metadata | digital asset management | digital media | Dublin Core | interoperability | media archives | Media metadata | metadata schema | News | PBCore | preservation | public television | public television archives | semantics | taxonomy | video database
In less than ten years, broadcasting has been completely transformed from an analog media to a production and distribution environment that is digital from end-to-end. Early in the transition, the public broadcasting system recognized the need for a single, unified metadata schema able to deliver digital content across multiple platforms.
