Development Funding for PBCore provided by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

PBCore is a Metadata & Cataloging Resource
for Public Broadcasters & Associated Communities

The papers, presentations, reports and minutes of the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project are divided into two main groups. These documents are not cleared for public distribution at this time.

Project Narratives & Reports for the PBMD
Working Group Activities, Documents and Working Papers

Project Narratives & Reports for the PBMD

01 Jan 2002 - 31 May 2002	Phase 1 Project Narrative
01 June 2002 - 30 Sept 2002	Phase 2, part 1 Project Narrative
01 Oct 2002 - 22 Nov 2002	Phase 2, part 2 Project Narrative
06 Jan 2003 - 30 June 2003	Phase 3 Interim Project Narrative
27 May 2003 - 31 July 2003	Phase 3 Final Project Narrative
	Phase 3 Compliance Integration
	Phase 3 Intellectual Property Issues
	Phase 3 PBMD Project Marketing Plan
	Phase 3 Problem Value Statement
	Phase 3 Request for Comments (RFC) Plan
	Phase 3 Sustainability Plan
	Phase 3 Test Implementation Plan
08 August 2003 - 29 February 2004	Phase 4 Executive Summary of the Request for Comments (RFC)
01 March 2004 - 31 May 2004	Phase 4 Final Project Narrative
	Phase 4 Executive Summary of Test Implementation Results
	Phase 4 Summary Report on Intellectual Property: the Legal, Strategic & Ethical Use of the PBCore
	Phase 4 Implementation Plan for the PBCore
	Phase 4 Implementation Plan for the PBCore: Mind Map Chart

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Working Group Activities, Documents and Working Papers

Activity #01	24&25 April 2002	First Meeting of the Working Group (Arlington, VA)
Activity #02	Summer 2002	Team Action Items and Reports since the First Working Group Meeting
Activity #03	12&13 Sept 2002	Second Meeting of the Working Group (Crystal City, VA)
Activity #04	16,17 &18 Oct 2002 Smackdown #1	First Followup Work Meeting for Dictionary Review Team: Smackdown #1 (Boston, MA)
Activity #05	22 May 2003	Preparing for Phase 3: RFC
Activity #06	June 2003	Phase 3 Task Teams
Activity #07	26&27 Jan 2004 SmackDown #2	Second Followup Work Meeting for Dictionary Review Team Smackdown #2 (Boston, MA)
Activity #08	14 Jan to 05 Mar 2004 RFC	Request for Comments Survey about PBCore Metadata (RFC)
Activity #09	May-July 2004 TI	Test Implementations of the PBCore Metadata
Activity #10	27&28 May 2004	Sustainability & Compliance Meeting (Washington DC)
Activity #11	15&16 July 2004 Smackdown #3	Third Followup Work Meeting for Dictionary Review Team Smackdown #3G (Boston, MA)

Alison White CPB Marcia Brooks WGBH Educational Foundation Amy Rantanen WGBH Educational Foundation	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Working Group Agenda, 24&25 April 2002
	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Participant List, 24&25 April 2002
Bill Keens Wolf, Keens & Co.	Facilitator's Memo: First Working Group Meeting
Thom Shepard WGBH Educational Foundation	A Metadata Overview
	Metadata Glossary (public)
D-Lib Magazine	D-Lib Magazine: Metadata Principles and Practicalities April 2002 (public)
Steven Vedro Digital innovations Consultant	Why Metadata Matters 10 April 2001 (public)
Mary Jane McKinven Corporation for Public Broadcasting	The Case for Shared Metadata Standards 13 May 2002 (public)
Grace Agnew Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey	Developing a Metadata Strategy
Cate Twohill PBS	PBS Orion Project Overview
	PBS Orion Project Data Model: PS
	PBS Orion Project Data Model: PDB
	PBS Orion Project Data Model: SDB
Marty Bloss National Public Radio	NPR Content Depot Project
Alan Baker Minnesota Public Radio	Minnesota Public Radio Digital Archive: Project Overview
	Minnesota Public Radio Digital Archive: Metadata Scheme
Paul E. Burrows Media Solutions/Univ of Utah Office of Information Technology	University of Utah Metadata Schemas: CAMS-Content Asset Management System
Thom Shepard WGBH Educational Foundation	WGBH Metadata Model
	WGBH Metadata Model: Fields, Descriptions and Dublin Core Mappings
	WGBH Metadata Model: Media Physcial Formats and Types

Alison White CPB Marcia Brooks WGBH Educational Foundation Amy Rantanen WGBH Educational Foundation	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Participant List, 01 August 2002
Dictionary Review Team Alan Baker Minnesota Public Radio Mary Bloss National Public Radio Paul E. Burrows Media Solutions/Univ of Utah Dave MacCarn WGBH Educational Foundation Marilyn Pierce PBS Cate Twohill PBS Efthimis Efthimiadis: Team Advisor Marcia Brooks: Proceedings Facilitator	Timeline & Action Items for the Dictionary Review Team
	19 July 2002 (1st draft)
	01 August 2002 (revised)
	16 August 2002 (revised)
	Reports & Recommendations of the Dictionary Review Team STEP 1: Metadata Field Harvesting from Team Participants
	All Metadata Fields Groups by Contributing Organization XCEL file	XCEL file
	All Metadata Fields Grouped by Dublin Core Mappings XCEL file	XCEL file
	Reports & Recommendations of the Dictionary Review Team STEP 2: Metadata Field Grouping and Pruning If you need the software program FileMaker Pro, you can download a free 30-day trial version for Windows or Macintosh from: http://www.filemaker.com/products/try_filemaker.html
	Metadata Group Tool Template FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Metadata Grouping Tool Sampler August 2002
	WGBH Metadata Grouping Recommendation FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	NPR Metadata Grouping Recommendation FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	MPR Metadata Grouping Recommendation FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Media Solutions/Univ of Utah Metadata Grouping Recommenation FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	PBS Metadata Grouping Recommendation FileMaker Pro 5 file	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Combined Metadata Grouping Recommendations FileMaker Pro 5 file (PBCore_Combo.fp5) 09 Sept 2002	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	PBCore List of Metadata Fields Results of Metadata Grouping Recommendations 249 fields 09 Sept 2002
User Requirements Team Bea Morse PBS Robin Mudel onCourse Tim Olson KCTS James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television Brent Trinacty Public Radio International Steven Vedro Digital Innovations Consultant Tracy Vosburgh WPSX/Penn State Judy Brown & Grace Agnew: Team Advisors Marcia Brooks: Proceedings Facilitator	Timeline & Action Items for the User Requirements Team
	22 July 2002 (1st Draft)
	24 July 2002 (Revised)
	Reports & Recommendations for the User Requirements Team Use Cases
	Use Case: APT #1 - Programs by Title
	Use Case: APT #2 - Programs by Topic or Genre
	Use Case: APT #3 - Producers Searching for Video
	Use Case: Lesley Norman/David Grubin Productions
	Use Case: AMIA Local TV Station Project
	Use Case: PBS Ancillary Program Data
	Use Case: PBS Teacher Curriculum Search
	Use Case: NPR Listener Request for Story
	Use Case: NPR Station Request for Story
	Use Case: Public Interactive Station Request for Story
	Reports & Recommendations for the User Requirements Team Use Case Interviews
	Use Case Interview: PBS OnLine/Dave Johnston
	Use Case Interview: NPR OnLine/Michael Yoch
	Use Case Interview: Public Interactive/Steve Hear
	Use Case Interview: WNET
	Use Case Interview: NETA-OSBE
	Reports & Recommendations for the User Requirements Team Use Case Scenarios
	Use Case Scenario: onCourse Users
	Use Case Scenario: onCourse Rights Management
	Use Case Scenario: onCourse SME/Pedagogic Librarian

Alison White CPB Marcia Brooks WGBH Educational Foundation Amy Rantanen WGBH Educational Foundation	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Working Group Agenda, 12&13 September 2002
	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Participant List, 12&13 September 2002
Bill Keens Wolf, keens & Co.	Facilitator's Memo: Second Working Group Meeting
Dave MacCarn WGBH Educational Foundation	Metadata Standards Review
Dictionary Review Team Alan Baker Minnesota Public Radio Marty Bloss National Public Radio Paul E. Burrows Media Solutions/Univ of Utah Dave MacCarn WGBH Educational Foundation Marilyn Pierce PBS Cate Twohill PBS Efthimis Efthimiadis: Team Advisor Marica Brooks: Proceedings Facilitator	Report Narrative: Dictionary Review Team (Marcia Brooks)
	Report Presentation: Dictionary Review Team (Paul Burrows)
	Combined Metadata Grouping Recommendations FileMaker Pro 5 file PBCoreReport_09Sept02.fp5	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	PBCore List (7 pages) of Recommended Metadata Fields (249) 09 Sept 2002
	PBCore Report-Short (109 pages) of Recommended Metadata Fields: Elements, Qualifiers & Definitions 09 Sept 2002	Be Patient with Loading
	PBCore Report-Long (385 pages) of Recommended Metadata Fields: Elements, Qualifiers, Definitions & Usage Guidelines 09 Sept 2002	Be Patient with Loading
User Requirements Team Bea Morse PBS Robin Mudel onCourse Tim Olson KCTS James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television Brent Trinacty Public Radio International Steven Vedro Digital Innovations Consultant Tracy Vosburgh WPSX/Penn State Judy Brown & Grace Agnew: Team Advisors Marcia Brooks: Proceedings Facilitator	Report Narrative: User Requirements Team (Tim Olson)
Breakout Session Reports & Presentations	User Requirements Breakout Report (Brent Trinacty)
	Metadata Dictionary Breakout Report (Cate Twohill )
	Metadata Compliance Breakout Report (Alison White)
	Presentation
	Additional Notes

Marcia Brooks WGBH Educational Foundation	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Smackdown #1 Agenda, 16-18 October 2002
	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project Smackdown #1 Participant List, 16-18 October 2002
Dictionary Review Team Alan Baker Minnesota Public Radio Marty Bloss National Public Radio Paul E. Burrows Media Solutions/Univ of Utah Dave MacCarn WGBH Educational Foundation Marilyn Pierce PBS Cate Twohill PBS Efthimis Efthimiadis: Team Advisor Marica Brooks: Proceedings Facilitator	Merging & Purging Tool Used During Decision-Making and Change Order Processes in Smackdown #1 FileMaker Pro 5 file SmackdownTool.pf5	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Preliminary Results of Smackdown #1 Required Follow-up Further Commenting by the Dictionary Review Team FileMaker Pro 5 file PBCore_Needs_Comments_Nov02.fp5	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Follow-up Comments on Smackdown #1 by the Dictionary Review Team Merged into PBCore Preliminary Results Report FileMaker Pro 5 file PBCore_Commented_Nov02.fp5	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	Draft MPEG-7 to Dublin Core Element Mappings from the ViDe Group (courtesy Grace Agnew)
	Comarison of Various Public Broadcasting User Groups and their Preferred Metadata Elements & Qualifiers -by Elements Only -by Elements & Qualifiers XCEL file PBCoreUserMatrix_DEC2002.xls	XCEL file

 

	PBCore Metadata Elements: QuickList PBCore_QuickList_MAY03.pdf PBCore_QuickList_MAY03.doc
	PBCore Metadata Elements: LongList with Attributes PBCore_Attributes_MAY03.pdf PBCore_Attributes_MAY03.doc
	PBCore Metadata Elements: Encoding Scheme Options EncodingOptions_JAN03.pdf EncodingOptions_JAN03.doc
	PBCore - the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project: Progress Report (paper submitted to the Dublin Core 2003 Conference) PBCore_DC03PaperFinal.pdf
	DRAFT of Participant List for Request for Comments RFC_Respondents_030718.pdf RFC_Respondents_030718.xls

 

	Assignment of Task Teams
Task Team A: Intellectual Property and Communications	Objectives & Recommended Activities
Task Team B: Problem/Value Statement	Objectives & Recommended Activities
Task Team C: Sustainability	Objectives & Recommended Activities
Task Team D: Dictionary Development	Objectives & Recommended Activities
Task Team E: RFC-Request for Comment & Test Implementation	Objectives & Recommended Activities
Task Team F: Integration and Compliance	Objectives & Recommended Activities

 

	Working Document: FileMaker Pro Guide to Decision-Making and Change Orders for Smackdown #2 FileMaker Pro 5 file pbcore4smack2_31Jan04v4.fp5	FileMaker Pro 5 file
	PBCore Metadata Elements: Encoding Scheme Options EncodingOptions_Jan03.pdf EncodingOptions_Jan03.doc

 

Invitation Letter to Participants	Invitation
General Respondents Survey	General Survey Questions PDF file Open with Acrobat Reader to Utilize the Document's Bookmarks
	Raw Data Results HTML file
Metadata Experts Survey	Experts Survey Questions PDF file Open with Acrobat Reader to Utilize the Document's Bookmarks
	Raw Data Results HTML file
Final Report for the RFC	Compiled Report by Steven Vedro PDF file
	Early Draft of Report Containing Additional Tables & Participant Comments
PBCore + Participant Comments	PBCore, Element by Element, with Participant Comments Embedded for Descriptions, Refinements, and Unresolved Questions

 

Final Report for the Test Implementations	Compiled Report by Alan baker PDF file
Complementary Documents for Test Implementations	User Guide to PBCore for Test Implementations Open with Acrobat Reader to Utilize the Document's Bookmarks

 

Proceedings and Minutes	from Bill Keens Wolf, Keens & Co.
	Sustainability and Compliance Action Statements: Near Term, Mid Term, Long Term
	Compliance Value Propositions, Compliance Steps, and Compliance Risks & Costs
	Chart of Intersecting Paths for Compliance and Sustainability
Dennis Haarsager KWSU/KTNW-TV, Northwest Public Radio James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television	Introductory Letter to Alexis Dobbins, CPB
Dennis Haarsager KWSU/KTNW-TV, Northwest Public Radio James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television	DRAFT: Case for Implementation: Public Broadcasting's Future is PBCore's Future
Dennis Haarsager KWSU/KTNW-TV, Northwest Public Radio James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television	DRAFT: Implementation Plan: PBCore Scope of Work
Dennis Haarsager KWSU/KTNW-TV, Northwest Public Radio James Steinbach Wisconsin Public Television	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary "PBCore" Implementation: An Overview of the Recommendations of the Compliance & Sustainability Working Group Corporation for Public Broadcasting
	Attachment C: Mind Map for Implementing the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary: Recommendations of the Compliance & Sustainability Work Group

 

Activity #11
15&16 July 2004
Smackdown #3: Third Work Meeting of the Dictionary Review Team
(Boston, MA)

Working Document	Guide to Decision-Making & Change Orders FileMaker Pro 5 file PBCore_v1ChangeOrders.fp5
Working Document	Guide to Decision-Making & Change Orders PBCore, Element by Element, with RFC Participant Comments Embedded for Descriptions, Refinements, and Unresolved Questions
Results of Smackdown #3	PBCore v1.0 HTML Site