sura / vide 5 th annual digital video workshop gcatt atlanta, ga march 24-26, 2003
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SURA / ViDe 5th Annual Digital Video Workshop
GCATT
Atlanta, GA
March 24-26, 2003
vide (VEE-day) is Latin for see
quod vide (kwawd VEE-day) usually abbreviated q.v., is a scholarly way of directing
the reader to a reference
ViDe Mission
The Video Development Initiative (ViDe) promotes the deployment of digital video in
research and higher education. Leveraging our collective resources and expertise, ViDe
advances digital video deployment through promotion and development of interoperable, standardized, and cost-effective technologies.
ViDe Membership
ViDe is an active collaboration of members Members are individuals, not institutions Members actively participate in working
groups and projects No dues 183 individuals, from
128 institutions and organizations 17 countries
ViDe Organization
Working Groups WG chairs are on Steering Committee
Project Groups Steering Committee, with elected chair
ViDe Organization
All that said… some of the organization and membership points may change!
ViDe is currently an informal association Working toward establishing a formal
organizational status for ViDe
Steering Committee
Doug Pearson; Indiana University, Bloomington; ViDe Chair Jill Gemmill; University of Alabama at Birmingham; ViDe Past-Chair Grace Agnew; Georgia Institute of Technology Markus Buchhorn; Australian National University Bob Dixon; Ohio State University Mike Estler; Georgia Institute of Technology Chris Hodge; University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tyler Johnson; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Peter Marshall; CANARIE Ed Price; Georgia Institute of Technology Mary Trauner; Georgia Institute of Technology Egon Verharen; SURFnet Mary Fran Yafchak; SURA
ViDe Activities
Working groups Projects Conferences and Workshops Collaborate!
ViDe Activities
Current research and activity focus Videoconferencing Middleware for videoconferencing QoS for videoconferencing Videoconferencing Cookbook Streaming Media Cookbook Video access and digital rights management Data collaboration tools Training and outreach
Working Groups
Videoconferencing Streaming Video Video Access Data Collaboration
Videoconferencing WG
VC is an umbrella WG Working Groups
ViDeNet NASM (Numerical Address Space Mgmt) Internet2 Commons VidMid-VC (AA, Directory, commObject) QoS Microsoft Group SIP
Videoconferencing WG
VC is an umbrella WG Projects
Scout (network analysis & simulation tool) Video Conferencing Cookbook Megaconference ViDe.Net Middleware (AA, directory, secure) LSVNP
Videoconferencing WG
In the program:
Tuesday 2:10 - 2:40 PMHow to Use the ViDeNet Site
Wednesday 11:00 - 11:30 AMViDeNet Munch
Streaming Video WG
Provide a commons for people interested in streaming media technologies and services
34 members, representing 14 institutions Current Activities
Develop a Streaming Media Cookbook Planned Activities
Examine how to integrate digital media services into other existing and emerging initiatives such as digital library and distance education
Streaming Video WG
In the program:
Wednesday Breakout Track B
Wednesday 10:30 - 11:00 AMThe ViDe Streaming Media Cookbook
Video Access WG
Promote effective, interoperable access to digital video resources.
Current Activities Next edition of the Dublin Core application
profile. Will include an explicit mapping to MPEG-7 to support improved description of digital video resources.
Examination of rights metadata issues – specific to digital video but also generally applicable to higher education resources.
Video Access WG
In the program
Tuesday 1:40 - 2:10 PMMetadata for Video Overview
Data Collaboration WG
Perform a higher education needs analysis, standards analysis, tool discovery, and tool review and testing
Current and Planned Activities Continue testing, and building the tool taxonomy Review and update the Needs Analysis Broaden community outreach in the WG Develop a white paper on standardization of product for
particular application classes, including classrooms, meetings, project support, and recordings with synchronized multimedia
Workshops and Conferences
Annual Digital Video Workshops ViDe.Net Munch series One-time events
Managing Digital Video Content, Aug 2001 Using Dublin Core and MPEG-7 to Describe
Digital Video, March 2003 Internet2 Commons Training EDUCAUSE, Internet2
How to Join ViDe Activities
Working groups “Join” link on WG web pages
ViDeNet [email protected] Next workshop
Dial Plan Status
Successful migration to version 3 dial plan 116 zones 16 national gatekeepers Integration with E.164int for VoIP support Redundancy Numerical Address Space Working Group
(NASM) oversight
GDS StructureGLOBAL
ROOT(OO)
NORTHAMERICA
(1)
IRELAND(353)
ITALY(39)
CZ(420)
ISRAEL(972)
NL(31)
UNC(129)
OSUFreelove
(1109)
WireOne(1139)
TAMU(9798622241)
Penn State(81486)
Redundant roots in US, Wales, Ireland and Australia.
Redundant roots in Chapel Hill,NC and Columbus, OH.
ViDeNet Toolset
Zone administrators manage their own accounts Tools to create and manage zones Create customized web portal User endpoint account management
Users manage their own accounts Request endpoints in any zone Directory access
Directory Services
Supports H.323, H.320, H.235, SIP Integrates flexibly with enterprise directories Allows for integrated centralized user management Allows multiple endpoints to be associated with a
user Supports ‘Directory of Directories’ portals Scheduled ratification in May 2003 as ITU-T H.350
ViDe.Net Middleware
NSF Funded Project University of Alabama at Birmingham Claremont Graduate University SURFNet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deliverables Directory Services model Secure h.323 endpoint Secure SIP endpoint H.350 enabled gatekeeper
Emergency Communications
Building on September 11 experiences with Columbia University
Documenting GDS voice gateways Enables voice transport over ViDeNet in
case local voice services are unavailble Provides an environment in which to explore
inter-realm authentication and toll bypass.
QoS Working Group
Newly formed working group Exploring issues of packet marking for video
and voice over IP Will be fully explored in Munch
Tyler Miller [email protected]