Educational Webcasting and Streaming Archives under TF-STREAM Deliverable F. Web repository of publicly available audio/video materials Yuri Demchenko Project Development Officer, TERENA

Building web repository of publicly available audio and video materials TERENA Initiative on Coordination of Portal related projects at NRENs –Video and Streaming over Internet as a component Portal Solution Visual Information in Education and Research –Cataloguing/Browsing/Searching/Indexing Video and Streaming related information directory structure –In popular SE/Directory services (Yahoo!, Altavista, Dmoz, EEVL, Safari) –Current/proposed structure – for the purposes of professional community Educational Video and Streaming resources on the Internet –in Europe –in USA –in Commercial companies’ strategies How to proceed?

Video and Streaming over Internet as a component Portal Solution Overview and Information page TERENA Initiative on Coordination of Portal related projects at NRENs –Information page –Portal Coordination Workshop – February 9, 2001 (tentatively) Academic Portal Components - Conceptual –Research Indexing service –Directory services and Metadata –Content distribution Video-on-Demand and Streaming (plus hosting) Content Replication and Caching

Visual Information in Education and Research Conferences video archives vs Conference Proceedings –Q&A – Parallel sessions – (Parallel conferences) Devoted lectures/seminars – Ad Hoc topics –Lectures by expert specialists –Exchange with both teacher and auditorium Distance Education and Training –Courses on demand –Hands-on and practical lessons (e.g., surgery, fiber cabling, etc.) –Virtual classroom Distinctive features –Live video/speech –Information humanisation/impersonalisation –Still paper-like information vs train-of-thought –Virtual presence

Visual materials Cataloguing/Browsing/Searching/Indexing Textual description Content/background/etc. Indexing/Searching –Image patterns Image layers/Image decomposition –Video snapshots Embedded/linked description? –Metadata –MPEG7

Video and Streaming related information in popular SE/Directory services – Yahoo!Yahoo!

Video and Streaming related information in popular SE/Directory services – AltavistaAltavista

Video and Streaming related information in popular SE/Directory services – DmozDmoz

Video and Streaming related information in popular SE/Directory services – EEVLEEVL

Video and Streaming related information – proposed structure Video and Streaming over the Internet as a Component Portal Solution Webcasting Events –Archive of webcasting events Educational Webcasting and Streaming Archives Commercial Services on VoD and Streaming (Voice and Video) Projects and Technical Information on Video and Streaming related technologies Standards on Multicast, Streaming and Internet TV Internet Multimedia and Streaming products

Projects and Technical Information on Video and Streaming related technologies Projects and Initiatives –European NRENs –Internet2 and Worldwide Technical Information and Guides News and Archives

Standards on Multicast, Streaming and Internet TV ISO Standardisation - Multimedia data format –MPEG Standards –Other MPEG Resources ITU-T Standardisation - Communication Protocols IETF Standardisation - Communication Protocols W3C and other Standardisation –Multimedia Metadata format and Markup language

Educational Video and Streaming Resources on the Internet - Europe European archive –FUNET-TV - –SURFnet Video and Streaming hosting - –Live Video broadcast at BELNET - –University of Namur Educational materials –Israel - University of Haifa - Weizmann Institute of Science - Ben Gurion University –More – to be descovered!

Educational Video and Streaming resources on the Internet - USA Internet2 Video Development Initiative - ResearchChannel - –Collaboration to experiment with high bandwidth modes of delivery and exchanges in educational and research-oriented information Multi-University Research Laboratory Seminar Series MREN/CIC Digital Video Streaming University of Washington - ResearchTV EE380 Colloquium at Stanford University Computer Systems Laboratory - Berkley Multimedia Research Center -

Video and Streaming in Company’s Strategies IBM Web Lecture Services Cisco - ? Technical Seminars, Conferences, etc. MP3 educational audio from Stardust.com MP3 University Directory on Educational Video at Yahoo! Broadcast.com -

Web repository of publicly available audio and video materials - Further development Do we need this service? Classification: Positioning of Video and Streaming category in general/global Directory of resources Directory/Catalog maintenance – 1 day/month Repository –Hosting Videostreaming materials –Contribution and Copyright –Indexing and Searching –Metadata European Research and Educational Portal Service