1. The title goes here
DiscoverEDINA
(Geo, MediaHub, SUNCAT)
Muriel Mewissen
Discovery Programme Final Meeting
28th September 2012

2. The title goes here Overview
DiscoverEDINA 3 strands of activity:
1.Geo
Exposing and enhancing hidden metadata in multimedia content,
with focus on 'geo' tags
2.MediaHub
Crowd sourcing of metadata for MediaHub
3.SUNCAT
Open contributed metadata to SUNCAT in different formats to
promote reuse

3. Optimising
The title goes here data for reuse
1. Geo
• Extract metadata from object
• View/edit or delete the 'mined' metadata tags
 ! Synchronisation to avoid potential for metadata to be
divorced from the object
2. MediaHub
• Extract location information from object using Unlock
• Make metadata available for crowd to vote on accuracy
 ! Trust crowd input
3. SUNCAT
• Filter and output the metadata in several formats
 ! Follow legal agreements

4. Adopting
The title goes here Open Licensing
1. Geo
• Align with Discovery Open Metadata principles
• Assumes at least CC-SA (allows OGL/PDDL)
2. MediaHub
• Crowd source metadata freely available, same license as
original metadata
3. SUNCAT
• Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence
• Copyright and contractual issues over records from third
party
• Individual legal agreements with data providers (format,
source)

5. Using
The title goes here your own APIs
• All rely/extend existing EDINA services
1. Geo Unlock
2. MediaHub Unlock, MediaHub
3. SUNCAT SUNCAT
• Geo provides a new demonstrator API Tagger
• Potential to embed
• To improve existing services
• To provide sustainability to metadata enhancement /
production / availability

6. The title goes here Conclusion
• What use will be made of the tool(s) and
metadata provided?
• What's the business model for 'open'?
• Is metadata enough?
• Discovery != Use