CA "PBCore is designed to provide -- for television, radio and Web activities -- a standard way of describing and using media (video, audio, text, images, rich interactive learning objects). It allows content to be more easily retrieved and shared among colleagues, software systems, institutions, community and production partners, private citizens, and educators. It can also be used as a guide for the onset of an archival or asset management process at an individual station or institution. ... The Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary (PBCore) is: a core set of terms and descriptors (elements) used to create information (metadata) that categorizes or describes media items (sometimes called assets or resources)."
Conclusions
<RQ> The PBCore Metadata Elements are currently in their first published edition, Version 1.0. Over two years of research and lively discussions have generated this version. ... As various users and communities begin to implement the PBCore, updates and refinements to the PBCore are likely to occur. Any changes will be clearly identified, ramifications outlined, and published to our constituents.
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DC "Initial development funding for PBCore was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The PBCore is built on the foundation of the Dublin Core (ISO 15836) ... and has been reviewed by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Usage Board. ... PBCore was successfully deployed in a number of test implementations in May 2004 in coordination with WGBH, Minnesota Public Radio, PBS, National Public Radio, Kentucky Educational Television, and recognized metadata expert Grace Agnew. As of July 2004 in response to consistent feedback to make metadata standards easy to use, the number of metadata elements was reduced to 48 from the original set of 58 developed by the Metadata Dictionary Team. Also, efforts are ongoing to provide more focused metadata examples that are specific to TV and radio. ... Available free of charge to public broadcasting stations, distributors, vendors, and partners, version 1.0 of PBCore was launched in the first quarter of 2005. See our Licensing Agreement via the Creative Commons for further information. ... Plans are under way to designate an Authority/Maintenance Organization."
