Metadata for Digital TV, Free Seminar, ANU, Tuesday 23 April

tom.worthington@tomw.net.au

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:58:13 +1000
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From: Tom Worthington <tom.worthington@tomw.net.au>
Subject: Metadata for Digital TV, Free Seminar, ANU, Tuesday 23 April

Sorry about the short notice. If you can't come tomorrow, on-line are the 
text and slides <http://www.tomw.net.au/2002/mka.html>. Also the first 
public details of the Australian Creative Resources Archives (ACRA) are 
available <http://www.tomw.net.au/2002/acra.html>.

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Title: Department of Computer Science Seminar
Date: Tue, April 23, 2002 Time: 11:00 am to 12:00noon
Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108], The Australian National University, 
Canberra
Speaker: Tom Worthington (Visiting fellow at DCS,  ANU)
Description: "Metadata for Digital Television"

Abstract

A brief overview of a metadata standard for digital TV is provided. Tom 
argues existing digital broadcasting has a failed business model, as it 
ignores what the audience wants most: control. Metadata has provided a 
hidden "killer application" on the Internet and could be used to transform 
digital broadcasting into a viable service. An overview will be given of 
the Australian Creative Resources Archives (ACRA), a nationally 
distributed, standardised, high-bandwidth digital archive proposed to makes 
"waste" materials from Australian cultural production processes available 
to researchers, the education sector more generally, and to commercial 
content developers. Metadata aspects of the project are discussed.

This seminar is a technical preview of a presentation for the Australian 
Broadcasting Authority 2002 Conference "What Will Australian Audiences 
Want?", 29-30 April 2002 in Canberra: http://www.tomw.net.au/2002/mka.html

URL: http://cs.anu.edu.au/lib/seminars/seminars02/dept20020423

Seminars mailing list: http://cs.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/seminars

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ps: Also highly recommended is Dr Markus Buchhorn's "What will the new 
Internet look like?", Tuesday 23 April 2002, 3.00pm, Lecture Theatre, 
Ground Floor, Research School of Chemistry, Building 35, Science Road, ANU: 
http://www.rsise.anu.edu.au/nieis/buchhorn_abstract.html

Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington@tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd ABN: 17 088 714 309
http://www.tomw.net.au PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617
Visiting Fellow, Computer Science, Australian National University
Publications Director & Past President, Australian Computer Society
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