ARCAFederated audiovisual repository

30 March 2011

ARCA - Description

ARCA: RSS Aggregator for the Academic CommunityDeveloped by University Carlos III of MadridRedIRIS service from 2007It provides video service over the aggregated contentsComplementary publication wayIt doesn't cover the production or distribution phasesOpen content

Browsing by categoriesSearchingScheduler of events

Main characteristics

Types of supported contents:VoDPodcastLive video events announcements

Supported formats: WM, Real, QT, Flash, h.264 …The service work over the set of contents provided by members of ARCAService model: federatedThe metadata is transferred from institutions to ARCA in a easy way:

RSS 2.0Namespaces

ARCA service model

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LIVE

ITUNES

METADATA

METADATA

Streaming Server

HTTP Server

HTTP Server

Streaming Server

ME

TA

DA

TA

CONTENT DOWNLOAD

STREAMING

SEARCH

SEARCH

REUSE

PUSH

PUSH

Contents

Distribution by UNESCO codes

Publisher’s distribution

ARCA social layer

Objetives:Improve usabilityImproving the visibility of the contentsPromote the useCreate Community

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