SOCAN metadata forum
Participants at last year's SOCAN Metadata Forum, transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2011
The SOCAN Metadata Forum will feature a continuation of the conversations surrounding the importance of metadata use and strategies in the creative industries. SOCAN hosted the first Metadata Meeting at last year's TGS to great success and is now hosting part two of the meeting to further explore this topic.
The goal of the SOCAN Metadata Forum is to raise awareness amongst business decision-makers regarding the importance of metadata to the content creation sector and to develop an action plan to effectively integrate metadata development into business processes.
This year's Forum will be a multi-day, mini-symposium for a limited number of participants who are interested in discussing and learning how to use strategies and tools surrounding metadata.
While there are a number of key directions these meetings can go in, there are two focuses that are already being refined.
One focus is geared to stakeholders seeking to build common language and systems that will directly address the technical and regional incongruities that presently exist. Key topical questions that have been put forward include:
- What metadata and identification systems are required across the whole music (and media) industries, and by sectors within it, and are they currently available? If not, what needs to be done to create them?
- What are the constraints within individual organizations and across the entire industry to the creation, management and communication of well-formed metadata and identification systems and how can these be overcome?
- How are metadata and identifiers to be communicated around the whole ecosystem for the benefit of all players that need them?
The second focus is dedicated to authoring clear, concise messaging for non-expert decision-makers aimed at shining light on the massive benefits of developing universal identification systems supported with a cross-sectoral, international implementation strategy.
Limited spots are remaining in the SOCAN Metadata Forum. Participants interested in participation must register first for transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012. Once registered for the SOCAN Metadata Forum, participants will have access to an exclusive online forum, where conversations around metadata, as well as topics for the Forum in February, will be open for discussion leading up to the event.
Due to the limited availability in the Forum, registration is currently based on first come first serve as participants register for the conference. REGISTER here.