TC 372 Workshop Compendium

Audiovisual metadata: What it is and why it matters

• Setting the scene. Metadata specifications in context.
• Yet another standard? How EN 15744 and EN 15907 came into being.

Obstacles to interoperability and approaches to overcome them

• Yet another database? How fragmentation happens.
• Do we talk about the same thing? The case for reference models.

Some elements of a metadata model

• Events in the lifecycle of an audiovisual creation.
• Relationships: An essential component of art and culture.
• "No entity without identity". Where philosophers can help.

Analysing audiovisual metadata

• Description levels: A worked example.
• Agent and event: Further examples.
• Approaching the subject of a film work

Things must have names (even though EN 15907 doesn't supply them)

• Common pitfalls in vocabulary selection.
• Where to look for suitable vocabularies.
• Titles and proper names: Why some conventions are more useful than others.

Working from secondary and from original sources

• Example: Pancéřové Auto / Das Panzerauto
• Example: Die freudlose Gasse
• Example: The Illegals

Expressing relationships

• Clarifying the seemingly obvious: Cast and credits.
• Relating artifacts with events: Is this still filmography?
• Relationships with objects in other databases: Taking the internet seriously.

Usage scenarios for EN 15907

• In-house usage scenarios
• Filmographic information in the ocean of data