RE: [kNT] Feedback?: content discovery with metadata feed/syndication (like RSS for multimedia)...

["Bill Jones" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Daniel

There are countless initiatives in this area globally - many with big bucks
behind them

We've advised many corporates in this area

Good luck

Bill Jones
CEO
Global Village
www.globalvillage.ltd.uk


-----Original Message-----
From: Kendra Network Trial [mailto:k-networktrial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 17 January 2007 14:06
To: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [kNT] Feedback?: content discovery with metadata feed/syndication
(like RSS for multimedia)...

Hi there William,

Over on kDev we've been discussing creating a Kendra multimedia metadata
standard to enable content owners and ISPs/CDNs/webcasters to richly
describe the content they create, host or stream. This will assist us in our
goal of interoperability in the content marketplace by enabling:

- Content owners to describe and advertise their digital media.
- Content consumers to find and purchase the digital media that they want.
- Search engines and applications to provide richer and more accurate search
results.

We'd really like to have your feedback...

Do you currently syndicate/publish metadata (information in a structured
machine readable form) about the content you create or host?

If you create content do you publish facts like where you can buy it, who
the actors were, where it was recorded, who the drummer was?

We think people would like to find songs recorded at Abbey Road between 1970
and 1980. Or films that used a certain type of camera.

What industry specific tags would you want in the Kendra multimedia metadata
standard? What would you find useful information to publish and search for?

For what, why and how...
http://www.kendra.org.uk/wiki/wiki.pl?KendraSignposts

How does that sound?

[BTW you've been sent this email because you've put your name down for the
Kendra Network Trial. For your convenience the reply-to address has been set
to the kNT discussion list - so your comments will be seen by 79 people].

Cheers Daniel