Project title:  ClipMaker

 

Department/organizational unit(s):  ITS-Instructional Services, Digital Media Solutions

http://at.its.uiowa.edu/digimedia

 

Mentor Name(s):

Les Finken, les-finken@uiowa.edu

Greyson Purcell, greyson-purcell@uiowa.edu

Steve Tomblin, steven-tomblin@uiowa.edu

                 

Brief project description:

Collaborate on the development of a multi-user, general purpose, web-enabled, searchable, video collection that allows users to specify video clips using a Flash-based interface.

 

Examples of key activities:

• Digital media collection development.
• Map customized descriptive data to standards-based metadata, e.g., PBCore.

 

Number of students that can be accommodated:  1-2.

 

Duration:  Fall 07 onwards.

 

Training:

• Desirable skills:

• Knowledgeable about metadata.
• Working knowledge of database management systems.
• Exposure to web standards/techniques (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and application development (e.g., web services, CGIs, XML, etc.).
• Working knowledge of Flash ActionScript
• Exposure to IP video.
• Knowledge/experience with database standards (e.g., XML, ODBC, SQL), database-to-web techniques and middleware (e.g., XSLT, PHP, Flash, ASP.NET) and database management systems (e.g., MS SQL Server/Access, Oracle, FileMaker Pro).

• Skills that will be acquired

• Thorough understanding of PBCore metadata.
• Knowledge of streaming media file formats and best practices.
• Exposure to video formats and delivering video over IP.

 

Software/Hardware involved: XML, Flash video, Flash ActionScript, PHP, FileMaker Pro, and PBCore metadata.

 

Tangible end product if any: A multi-user, general purpose, web-enabled, searchable, video collection that allows users to specify video clips using a Flash-based interface.