PBCore is not dead
A person might be forgiven for wondering lately if PBCore might be a dead end. As some of us complained about elsewhere, there has been little evidence that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has funded the PBCore project from the beginning, understood that it was at risk. Until recently that is.
Following conversations at the Open Video Conference, a meeting to discuss the future of PBCore was held on July 6th at CPB headquarters in DC. Rob Bole, who recently joined CPB as vice president of digital media strategy, pulled in folks from the original PBCore development project, plus a few of us beatnik geeks, to hit the reset button and map out a plan. The phrases "change management," "PBCore 2.0," and "resources will be allocated" were clearly spoken.
Basically, CPB is renewing its commitment to PBCore. This means funding to establish a project management entity, which will oversee further development of PBCore and provide training, tools, and community support. i think we can soon expect to see an RFP for the project management entity, although it may be tied in with the American Archive project which is currently being piloted by opb.org. We shall see.
Meanwhile in the interest of sharing as much as possible, here are the notes from the July 6th PBCore meeting at CPB in PDF form. CPB has invited input from the PBCore community, and now would be a good time to push this forward.
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I’ll be sure to spread the word out here in Portland to everyone at the ACM national conference.
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I was there, and everything Jack says here is true! I think we can expect some real movement on the development of PBCore 2.0, renewed outreach and education, improvements to the website, and a serious look at its long-term management very soon.
Meanwhile, keep evangelizing PBCore where ever you can! I’ll be preaching and teaching it at a workshop titled “DOCUMENTACIÓN DE PROGRAMAS DE TELEVISIÓN” in Mexico City in less than two weeks!
http://cmm.cenart.gob.mx/seminario09/sobresem.htmlMultilingual support for PBCore would be great…
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