ICT-2007-3-231161 Deliverable D7.1.3 Audiovisual Digital Preservation Status Report Richard Wright BBC 25-01-2010 FP7-ICT-231161 PrestoPRIME Public PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0_v1.00.doc Document administrative table Document Identifier PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0 Release 0 Filename PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0_v1.00.doc Workpackage and WP7 Dissemination and training Task(s) T1 – Dissemination and publication of results Authors (company) Richard Wright BBC Contributors (company) Internal Reviewers John Zubrzycki BBC; Beth Delaney B&G; Jean-Hugues Chenot, (company) INA Date 25-01-2010 Status Delivered Type Deliverable Deliverable Nature R = Report Dissemination Level PU = Public Planned Deliv. Date 31-12-2009 Actual Deliv. Date 25-01-2010 Abstract The current status of audiovisual preservation as of January 2010 is described. The previous reports concentrated on digitisation, which remains a significant issue. This report will introduce the new problem of digital preservation (arising from the results of digitisation), summarise the access issues for file-based audiovisual content, and summarise the contributions of PrestoPRIME. DOCUMENT HISTORY Release Date Reason of change Status Distribution 0 v0.01 30.12.2009 First Draft incomplete Confidential 0 v0.02 02.01.2010 Second Draft basically complete Confidential 0 v0.03 12.01.2010 Final Draft complete Confidential 0 v0.04 18.01.2010 Final Draft – re-checked complete Confidential 0 v1.00 25.01.2010 Finalised - Published Delivered Public Author : Richard Wright / BBC 25/01/2010 Page 2 of 56 FP7-ICT-231161 PrestoPRIME Public PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0_v1.00.doc Table of contents Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive summary ................................................................................................................ 5 1 A very brief introduction to PrestoPRIME .......................................................................... 6 2 Digitisation .......................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Equipment ................................................................................................................. 8 2.1.1 Audio digitisation issues: ...................................................................................... 9 2.1.2 Film digitisation issues: ....................................................................................... 10 2.1.3 Video digitisation issues: .................................................................................... 12 2.2 Training ...................................................................................................................... 15 2.3 Funding ...................................................................................................................... 18 2.4 Role of PrestoPRIME: A Networked Audiovisual Preservation Competence Centre .......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.4.1 Structure of the Competence Centre .................................................................. 21 2.4.2 Competence Centre Support for Digitisation ...................................................... 21 3 Digital Management and Preservation ............................................................................. 23 3.1 Background and Context ........................................................................................... 23 3.2 Management Technology .......................................................................................... 24 3.2.1 Indexing and search ........................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 Document management ..................................................................................... 26 3.2.3 Asset management ............................................................................................. 27 3.2.4 Digital archives .................................................................................................. 27 3.2.5 Digital library and repository technology ............................................................ 29 3.3 Preservation Technology ........................................................................................... 31 3.4 Audiovisual Requirements ......................................................................................... 32 3.4.1 Audiovisual files .................................................................................................. 32 3.4.2 Metadata ............................................................................................................. 34 3.4.3 Data Management .............................................................................................. 36 3.5 Moving Digital Content into Files ............................................................................... 37 3.6 Projects ...................................................................................................................... 40 3.7 Role of PrestoPRIME ................................................................................................ 41 4 Access ............................................................................................................................. 43 4.1 Audiovisual material in digital libraries ...................................................................... 43 4.1.1 Function .............................................................................................................. 43 4.1.2 Metadata: Interoperability for Access ................................................................. 45 4.2 State-of-the-Art .......................................................................................................... 47 4.3 Europeana, VideoActive and EUscreen .................................................................... 49 4.4 Role of PrestoPRIME ................................................................................................ 49 5 Conclusions ..................................................................................................................... 51 5.1 Work in PrestoPRIME will: ........................................................................................ 51 5.2 Tasks of the Audiovisual Competence Centre .......................................................... 51 Glossary ............................................................................................................................... 53 Annex I – DPE briefing paper ............................................................................................. 54 Author : Richard Wright / BBC 25/01/2010 Page 3 of 56 FP7-ICT-231161 PrestoPRIME Public PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0_v1.00.doc Scope PrestoPRIME is the European publicly-supported project that addresses preservation of digital audiovisual content, and access to audiovisual content in digital libraries, using Europeana as our demonstration platform. This document is the fifth in a series of annual reviews of the status of audiovisual preservation in Europe. The previous four reviews were produced by PrestoSpace. Each has had a specific focus, plus providing a general summary of annual progress toward saving Europe’s audiovisual heritage. The problems of digitisation were highlighted in previous reports, because that was the focus of PrestoSpace – and the main problem facing the people responsible for audiovisual collections. Now that there has been a significant amount of digitisation, and an equally significant amount of ‘born digital’ content entering audiovisual collections, there is a new problem to focus on: digital audiovisual content, with its risks and preservation needs. The document has four sections: 1) A very brief introduction to PrestoPRIME, needed because the rest of the document refers to areas of the work of PrestoPRIME; 2) Digitisation: this remains the biggest problem, as we show that an estimated 80% of audiovisual holdings remain un-digitised. The section summarise the state-of-the-art of technology, current problems, and how PrestoPRIME is building toward sustainable support of digitisation, through the launch of a networked audiovisual competence centre; 3) Digital management and preservation: the problems of files: how to manage them so they don’t get lost or corrupted, or become obsolete and unusable. We also review formal digital preservation technology, including how it applies to audiovisual content, and the role of PrestoPRIME in filling the gaps in current technology. There is one specific section (3.5) on a problem unique to audiovisual content: material that is digital, but not in files – and what to do about it; 4) Access, which is the goal and payoff of all digitisation, preservation, conservation and archive management activity. There are specific problems – and potentials – for audiovisual content that are not widely found, if at all, in conventional digital libraries with their focus on text (or still images) and documents. Again, state-of-the-art is reviewed and the contribution of PrestoPRIME is described. Author : Richard Wright / BBC 25/01/2010 Page 4 of 56 FP7-ICT-231161 PrestoPRIME Public PP_WP7_D7.1.3_Annual_AV_Status_R0_v1.00.doc Executive summary This document is a product of the EU-sponsored PrestoPRIME1 project. PrestoPRIME is the major