Digital Asset Management 2nd Edition

Description

The second edition focuses on the media and entertainment sector (M&E), with more information relevant to encompass broadcasters migration to file-based production. New technology and new products are also included and there is more detail on systems integration and product examples, plus extra case studies.

New content includes:

- Storage management where several products have been designed for the special needs of the media business.

- XML and web services.

- New case studies.

*Demystifies the underlying technologies of media asset management

*Explains the processes and operations involved in setting up a media asset management system

*Provides an unbiased view of the leading systems

FEATURES:

* Demystifies the underlying technologies of media asset management

    * Explains the processes and operations involved in setting up a media asset management system

    * Provides an unbiased view of the leading systems

CONTENTS:

Introduction
Document and content management
Media asset management
The case for digital asset management
Technologies
Asset formats
The system components
XML
Asset Catalogue & Indexing
Search Engines
Content Description standards
Application server
User Interface
Databases
Disk storage
Mass storage
Storage Management
Digital rights management (DRM)
Deploying DAM
System Integration
DAM Products
Applications (case studies)
Appendix A: Glossary