1. The Video Development
Initiative
Jill Gemmill, University of Alabama at
Birmingham (UAB)
and
Mary Trauner, Georgia Institute of
Technology (GIT)
EDUCAUSE 2002
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3. From Good Idea to
International Organization
• Mission of ViDe
• Current/Recent Activities
• Evolution of the Organization
– Structuring Relationships
– Activities
– Funding
• Success, Failures, Challenges
• Resources for you
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4. Our 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.
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5. Who We Are
• Started with a dinner conversation at a
Southeastern regional workshop
• Expanded to include additional US and
International reps
• Collaborations that architect,
“operationalize”, educate, and influence
commercial video products and standards
• Research activities leveraging support from
many organizations
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6. Current Research/Activity
Focus
– Emerging Digital Video
Technologies
– Middleware for Video
– Data Collaboration Tools
– Training & Outreach
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8. What We’ve Accomplished :
Emerging Video Technologies
• ViDe.Net Architecture
– Global VC Network of 100+ H.323 Zones
– Adopted by Internet2 as basis for I2 Commons
architecture
– Voluntary cooperation in developing uniform
dialing around the world
• ViDe Dublin Core Application Profile for
Digital Video Access Management
• RFI’s for new Technologies (MPEG-4)
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11. What We’ve Accomplished :
Middleware
• Currently Developing
– Video Directory Services (Listing &
Lookup)
– Integration with Enterprise
Authentication (Login) Services
• Federated Digital Rights Management
– Proposed DRM for Research & Education
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13. What We’ve Accomplished :
Training & Outreach
• 5 Workshops focused on Digital Video
– Use in Higher Education
– Best Practices for Operations/Support
– Integrating new technologies
• Videoconferencing Cookbook
(versions 1, 2, and 3)
• ViDe Web Site (3500 Visitors/Month)
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16. Recent Activities
• 4th Annual SURA/ViDe Digital Video Workshop
http://www.vide.net/resources/conferences/spr2002/
• New Working Groups:
– Streaming Media [April 02]
• Streaming Video Cookbook
– Numerical Addressing Space Management [Mar 02]
• alignment of H.323 space with E.164, in
preparation for moving toward DNS-like dialing
and ENUM
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17. Partnerships/Relationships
• Southeastern Universities Research
Association (SURA)
– History of Collaborative Regional Environment
– Financed by proceeds from sale of SURAnet
– PACS Workshops (NSF-NCSA)
• Our Universities and CIO’s support ViDe
time
• Collaboration with Internet2
• Collaboration with Coalition for Networked
Information
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18. Leveraging Partnerships to
Support Activities
• Bolt, Barnek & Newman
• RADVISION
• Internet2
• Coalition for Networked Information
• Foundry Networks
• Cisco
• National Science Foundation
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19. Structure
University University
Of Of
North Carolina Tennessee
Phase I
1998-99
Georgia North Carolina
Institute of State
Technology
NYSERNet
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20. Activities
University University
Of Of
North Carolina Tennessee
Video Conferencing Phase I Video on Demand
1998-99
Georgia North Carolina
Institute of State
Technology
NYSERNet
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21. Activities
Video Conferencing Phase I Video on Demand
1998-99
•Cookbook •White Paper
•RFI •RFI
•ViDeNet Plan
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22. Funding
University University
Of SURA Of
North Carolina Tennessee
Video Conferencing Phase I Video on Demand
1998-99
Georgia North Carolina
Institute of State
Technology
NYSERNet
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23. Structure
George
UAB
Washington
UNC UT Yale
Hawaii
Phase II
1999-2000
GIT CANARIE
Vanderbilt
South
NYSERNet Carolina
William
Ohio State & Mary
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24. Activities
George
UAB
Washington
UNC UT Yale
Hawaii
Video Conferencing Phase II Video on Demand
1999-2000
GIT CANARIE
Vanderbilt
South
NYSERNet Carolina
William
Ohio State & Mary
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25. Activities
Video Conferencing Phase II Video on Demand
1999-2000
•Cookbook •Video Portal
Update
•First ViDe/SURA Workshop
•LSVNP
•Vendor Partnerships
•ViDeNet 1.0 •Co-founded Internet2
Digital Video Initiative
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26. Funding
SURA George
UAB
Washington
BBN
UNC UT
Hawaii
RADVISION Yale
Video Conferencing Phase II Video on Demand
1999-2000
GIT CANARIE
Vanderbilt
South
NYSERNet Carolina
William
Ohio State & Mary
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27. Structure
UNC UT
UAB Australian
National
Phase III
2001-2002
GIT CANARIE
Rutgers
SURFNet
SURA
Ohio State Indiana
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28. Special
Activity
Committees
Structure
Steering Committee
Doug Pearson, Indiana
Video Jill Gemmill, UAB Streaming
Access Grace Agnew, Rutgers Video
WG MarkusSteering ANU
Buchhorn, WG
Chair: Doug Dixon, OSU Indiana
Bob Pearson,
Mike Chair GIT
Estler,
Past Chair:Past Chair UT
Jill Gemmill, UAB
Chris Hodge,
Chair Elect
Tyler Johnson, UNC
Chair Elect: TBD
Peter Marshall, CANARIE
Committee
Data Mairead Martin, UT Video
Collaboration Ed Price, GIT Conferencing
WG Mary Trauner, GIT WG
Video
Egon Verharen, SURFnet
Mary Fran Yafchak, SURA
Middleware
WG
EXPAND WGs and
add Members
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150+ Members
29. Activities
Video Access Working Streaming
Middleware for Video Working Group
Video Group
Videoconferencing Working GroupSURFnet)
Streaming Video WorkingRutgers)
Access
WG
(Grace Agnew,
Group
Videoconferencing (Egon Verharen,
Steering
Video
WG
(Chris Hodge, UT; Mike Estler, Georgia Tech) Working Group
Data Collaboration
Video-on-Demand (Mairéad Martin, UT)
•ViDeNet (Tyler Johnson, Video Metadata Standard
•Digital UNC)
Chair
(Mary Trauner, Georgia Tech)
•Internet2 Commons NMI v. 1.0 Profile for
Contributions to
•Streaming Cookbook Application
•Core Past Chair
•standardized methods Management
•Higher Ed for interoperable
DigitalElect
Chair Video
•Numerical Addressing SpaceNeeds Analysis
•MPEG4
(Tyler access and services Video Workshop
•Annual Digital
DataJohnson, UNC)
•T.120 Analysis
Committee Video
•federated •Resources
administration model
•Videoconferencing Cookbook Evaluation of Tools
Collaboration •Testing and (Mary Trauner, Conferencing
•commObject Class Definition
WG •Metadata Resources
•Data Collaboration Website WG
GIT, and Mary Fran Yafchak, SURA)
•White papers: Video
•Video Gemmill, UAB)on Demand
Access Website
•ViDe Microsoftof •Test Servers Video
•role WG (Jill Middleware
directories for
•ViDeNet •approaches Johnson, UNC) video resources
Scout (Tyler to discovery of
•White Paper WG
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30. Funding
Video
Access
SURA, Streaming
Video
WG Internet2, NSF,
Steering WG
Foundry, Cisco,
Chair
Past Chair
NCSA Elect
Chair
PACS
Committee
Data
Collaboration
CNI Video
Conferencing
WG WG
Video
Middleware
WG
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31. NSF Funded Programs
• Invitational workshop "The NMI and DRM“
– Grace Agnew and Mairead Martin
– Endorsed by CNI, EDUCAUSE, I2, SURA, and
ViDe
• ViDeNet: Middleware for Scalable Video
Services for Research and Higher
Education
– Jill Gemmill, Tyler Johnson, Egon Verharen,
Samir Chatterjee
• Digital Library: Moving Image Gateway
– Grace Agnew, Ed Price, Jim DeRoest
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32. Lessons Learned
• Regional backing for first cookbook
provided elevated credibility and exposure
• ViDeNet TestBed approach promotes
community standardized solutions very
rapidly
• Members are from institutions, not
institutional representatives
• Collaborate and don’t compete; maintain
ViDe identity
• Collective efforts truly leveraged to
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33. Successes, failures, challenges
• Successes
– Videoconferencing Cookbook
– ViDeNet
– Relationship with SURA
– NSF Funded Research Programs
• Not so successful
– RFI Process
• Challenges
– LSVNP Project
– Administrative support for Chair
– “Organizational Vaporware?”
– Funding
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34. How To Get Involved
• Find a working group of interest and talk
to the working group chair about how to
join
– Working group includes: project teams
(workshops, cookbooks, ViDe.Net) and research
interest groups
• ViDeNet “Munch”
http://www.unc.edu/video/videnet/munch/
• Attend the 5th Annual SURA/ViDe Digital
Video Workshop (Spring 2003)
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35. Resources
• ViDe website
– http://www.vide.net
• Videoconferencing Cookbook
– http://www.vide.net/cookbook/
• ViDeNet Public Zone
– http://www.vide.net/ Enter VideNet
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