1. DAMS – The Living Lab University of Michigan, Media Union Digital Media Tools Laboratory Leveraging Digital Rich-Media Assets for Collaborative Learning, Teaching and Research Common Solutions Group Meeting 05.07.04

2. An Infrastructure to ingest, manage, store and transport digital rich- media assets and their associated metadata. Streamline “workflow”. An environment tailored to academic models. Tuned for rich media. Extract and manage new types of metadata. Platform for exploration of rights declaration/management. Campus-wide access. Not primarily a content management nor production tool. DAMS at the UM Create an infrastructure to lower the barriers preventing us from using time-based media as easily as we use text and images today.

3. Tivoli Storage Management DB2 SMART Self-Management And Resource Tuning What the UM “DAMS” is designed to do Analog or digital source material is encoded to “Prime Digital Source” Metadata extracted, derivatives created, video indexed for streaming Telestream Flipfactory Transcoding Derivatives Virage Extract Metadata (Metadata Analysis) Speech-to-text Voice, face recognition Graphics recognition Streaming Servers Apple QuickTime Streaming Servers Helix (Real Media) Streaming Servers Windows Media Server Unit’s storage for non time-based assets IBM Content Manager Metadata Mngmnt. Resource Management Cosign Intergation Ancept Media Server User Interface Administration Interface Check-in/out Workflow Metadata indexed and ready for search, user authentication, admin functions

4. What space does DAMS occupy? Production, Publications, Broadcast Content Collaborative Research Archived Collections Casual Learning & Exploration Course Materials Digital Libraries Dept’l. Storage Team Workspace & Storage Content Management Systems Personal Share-folders Production Systems Inst’l Repositories (D-Space) Collaborative Learning Types of Collaboration Ad-hoc Sharing ePortfolios Course Management Systems IndividualContent OwnersInstitution Individual Browsing Research Portal Development & Content

5. IngestEncodeEncodeTranscodeTranscode MetatagMetatag ProxiesProxies EncryptEncrypt StoreStore PublishTrafficTraffic File Serve StreamingStreaming BroadcastBroadcast Web Pub. PrintingPrinting CD/DVDCD/DVD ManageViewViewMetadataMetadata AccessAccess WorkflowWorkflow VersionVersion Check in/out DRMDRM Course Mngmnt Campus Services Campus Broadcast Print Publishing Secure Web Public Web Enterprise Data StoreUnitUnitUnitUnitUnitUnit Near-lineNear-lineNear-lineNear-lineOfflineOfflineOffline Authoring Stations Media Appliances Remote Users Campus Users StudiosStudios ProducersCollaboratorsAudience DAMS Component Services

6. Sourcing Considerations A vehicle to consolidate: –Transcoding and derivative technology –Metadata analysis, search and management –Integrate with our storage strategy –Search tools integration –Authentication and access control tools Internal Development vs. Commercial off-the-shelf Campus-wide selection team/RFP process Vendor partner - expectations Living Lab as a development environment and policy tool

7. Get the DAMS systems working together to produce the results expected in the RFP Finalize “affiliate” programs from units A place for “affiliates” to test and develop pilots Platform for bringing users and vendors together SOW developed with vendors to align goals No commitments to hardware or software till SOW goals met Hardware and software donated for Living Lab. Integration consulting (IBM and Stellent) paid cost by UM Living Lab Environment Post RFP PlanningLiving LabPilots & TestProduction

8. Tivoli Storage Management DB2 SMART Self-Management And Resource Tuning DAMS Living Lab Configuration Remote or local processing to create “Prime Digital Source” Asset Processing and Analysis at the “Edge” Telestream Flipfactory Transcoding Derivatives Virage Encoding & Logging Metadata Analysis (Speech-to-text Voice, face recognition) Streaming Servers Apple QuickTime Streaming Servers Helix (Real Media) Streaming Servers Windows Media Server Non-local Storage (iSCSI?) Conventional PC-based Video Board ingest or Telestream ClipMail Pro SFTP, SMB, etc upload IBM Content Manager Metadata Mngmnt. Resource Management Cosign Intergation Ancept Media Server User Interface Administration Interface Check-in/out Workflow AIX  UNIX DAMS Web Client AIX  UNIX Windows

9. Issue - Distributed Access Control Commercial software DNA yields narrow hierarchical control architecture (the fewer ACLs and Admins, the better) Collaborative Higher Ed. – each individual represents complexity comparable to a commercial enterprise = 100,000+ Access Control Lists

10. Neighborhood (Shared Capabilities) Central (Infrastructure) Local (Authors=Unique Assets) Proposed Distributed Campus Architecture Live Tape/CD/DVD Internet Appliance Satellite Video Logger Flip Factory (Optional) AMS 3.5 Content Manager DB2 Spinning Disk + local policy Spinning Disk Nearline/Offline Backup-SMS Tivoli Print Web CD/DVD Media Streaming Real/Win/QT Course Mgmt ePortfolios Personal Storage Capture Ingest Manage Store Publish X X X X

11. Platform for Digital Rights Expression Intellectual property issues must be addressed in a systemic way – UMCore metadata schema will likely require a rights declaration as part of the core metadata. Additional IP metadata can be added at a later date if needed. Digital Rights Management modules may be more cost effective managing regulatory issues such as FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Education Act) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Education, training, and support on metadata and file quality will help distribute the work load and maximize the ability to share materials PA etc.

12. UM DAMS Contacts University of Michigan DAMS Initiative http://sitemaker.umich.edu/dams/ Louis E. King leking@umich.edu Managing Producerleking@umich.edu John Merlin Williams jmerlinw@umich.edujmerlinw@umich.edu Director, Digital Media Tools Lab James Hilton, hilton@umich.eduhilton@umich.edu Associate Provost, University of Michigan