Workshop in  Medialab: http://www.fcca.cz/newsite/cz/page2/news1.html

Center for Contemporary Art Prague annouces:

Ways and Methods for Archiving and Streaming on Internet

Adress:Jeleni 9
118 00 Praha 1
www.fcca.cz


Monday through wednesday 28, 30 May 2001..

workshop lead by: Frank Kunkel and Thomas Kaulman, Berlin, BDR
www.meta.orang.org


 >
> > > Open Meta Archive - Archiving Media on the Net
> > > http://meta.orang.org/OMA
> > >
> > > A short introduction to the OPEN META ARCHIVE
> > > background (22.02.2001)
> > >
> > > Open Meta Archive - OMA
> > >
> Domain/Archiving & Publishing / Streaming Media / Collaborative Networks
> The Team
> Thomax Kaulmann, Data Artist; Frank Kunkel, Project Coordination

> Description
> "You don't have to know everything, you just have to know the
> reference."
>
> This is only possible, if there is an appropriate system in the
> archiving process. For various media the requirements for indexing is
> different.
> This leads to different indexing structures for each medium. OMA
harmonizes
> the so differenciated media entries to the database by connecting these
> different archiving systems on a meta level.
>
> Putting information into an archive, is to meet someone' s needs to
> access these informations. By providing an all-in-one surface to different
> media, OMA provides a solution to create new archived contexts from
existing
> server-based mono- or few-media archives and publish them.
>
> Details
> The Open Meta Archive, OMA, is a multimedial content management system on
> the basis of specific detailed information to different media like
> video,audio, image and text within the database system. To contextualize
> this information, the Open Meta Archive is combining these seperate
> medial modules on a meta level.
>
> The main components of OMA are:
>
> a.. descriptive database entries for the media files according to their
>  specific attributes
> b.. category system, based on a definable tree structure
> c.. defining a location for the meta-gathered medial information in the
tree
> structure
> d.. the meta items can be copied, moved or linked within the tree
>  e.. media upload and descriptive database entries through web browser
>  f.. access relative to user (editor)
>  g.. automatised database entries through XML input
>  h.. structured document output with XML/HTML-based templates
>  i.. fulltext and keyword retrieval, as well as hierarchic navigation
>  j.. distribution of data to joint, but independently administrated OMA
>  systems
>
> Pannel and presentation for public: Wednesday -  7.p.m. at the Jeleni
Center

> Presentation of OVA, ORANG and OMA, genesis, user' s- and editor' s
> interfaces, datastructure in the systems, collaborative networking in
> distributed media archives, experiences in archiving structures,
> copyright  issues, free software concepts (GPL's), aspects for designing
> optimized database structures.

Literature/Links
Open Radio Archive (www.orang.orang.org) - Open Video Archive
(www.ova.zkm.de)
Open Meta Archive (www.meta.orang.org),
Open Archives (www.openarchives.org)

> Biographies of artists
> Thomax Kaulmann, *1965, studies in computer science. Freelance UNIX
> developer since 1987 with works in databases, pre-sales support, software
> engineering and teaching in computer programming. Founder of Contributed
> Sofware GbR (1991-1994) with main focus on internet providing and
> support of free software. In 1992 staff at the Piazetta Virtuale; Van Gogh
TV
> project at documenta IX. 1994 conception and developement of C@C (Computer
> Aided Curating) in cooperation with Eva Grubinger. Clubnetz - IRC chat
> terminals in various Berlin clubs. 1995 co-founder of Internationale Stadt
Berlin.
> During this time: environment atlas (GIS) and online election reporting
> for the city of Berlin, biggest internetcafe at the time, internet product
> launch for the Deutsche Telekom in the web. Since 1995 at work with
> Radio Internationale Stadt/ORANG, a distributed audio database in the net.
> 1997 Interface programming for the Hybrid Workspace at documenta X. Traum
> vom Sehen, an exhibition about the changes of perception in the last
> century.
> 1999 first implementation of OVA (Open Video Archive, a consecutive
> project to ORANG) at the ZKM. In 2000 planning and realization of an
> international artist database and intranet developement for the House of
> World Cultures.
> Developement of OMA, an integrating interface to ORANG, OVA and other
media
> systems. Since 1994 nummerous productions, presentations and honours in
> the fields of art, culture and commerce.
> Frank Kunkel, *1955, studied ethno botany at the University of
> Frankfurt/Main, Germany. After several years abroad (language studies),
> graduated in business in Berlin. From 1990 on, freelance teacher in
> computer applications and operating systems for grown ups. 1992 production
> coordination for the "Piazzetta Virtuale Berlin", a project in the
> context of documenta IX. Since then numerous production coordinations in
the
> field of networking media as well as line productions for TV and print
> productions. Between 1994 and 1996 co-founder and manager for
> Internationale Stadt Berlin. Among other projects, he participated in the
> production of the digital environmental atlas and online election
reporting
> for the Berlin government, several projects for the House of World
Cultures,
> Berlin, Hewlett Packard, the German Telekom, the Leipzig Fair and
documenta
> X. Since 1996 freelance production coordination in the field of
exhibitions
> and the use of new technologies for guiding systems, as well as intranet
and
> extranet projects. Until today, he coordinates the Open Radio Archive,
Open
> Video Archive and the Open Meta Archive, which he has presented in several
> international conferences and workshops.

> info:
> Frank Kunkel
> fk@xxxxxx

links:
Nettime: http://www.nettime.org
Syndicate http://www.v2.nl/syndicate
:::recode::: http://systemx.autonomous.org/recode
Rhizome http://www.rhizome.org
7-11 http://www.7-11.org
Rolux http://www.rolux.org
Cybersociety http://cybersocietylive.listbot.com
Oldboysnetwork (obn) http://www.nettime.org/oldboys
xchange http://xchange.re-lab.net/m/list.html
Internodium http://www.internodium.org.yu
Cinematik http://www.egroups.com/group/cinematik
Telepolis http://www.heise.de/tp/english/default.html
Ctheory: http://www.ctheory.com


other close events:

Tuesday 29.May: meeting and diskussion with Mrs. Fritzie Brown, director of
Arts link from New York (www.cecip.org)

13th of June 4.p.m. at the National Gallery Prague

Lecture of Perry Hobberman http://www.hoberman.com/perry
fcca in collaboration with NG, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Arts

Dilna OMA is realized from grant MK CR ve spolupraci s www. econnect.cz
> podporena Goethe Istitutem v Praze www. goethe.cz
> Prag. Program Medialabu podporily  Langlois Foundation, Econnect, MDLF,
OSF,
> 3COM.
>
> informace: Milos Vojtechovsky, Jan Dufek
> 3.33@xxxxxxxx
>
> tel: 02  24373178



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