ARCA: A Federated Audiovisual Repository for Enhanced Academic Content Sharing
ARCA, developed by University Carlos III of Madrid in 2011, is a cutting-edge RSS aggregator tailored for the academic community. This service, operational since 2007 under RedIRIS, offers video services that enhance the accessibility of aggregated content, allowing for browsing by categories and comprehensive searching. It supports various content types including Video on Demand (VoD), podcasts, and live event announcements. ARCA’s federated service model facilitates the straightforward transfer of metadata, promoting usability, content visibility, and community engagement through social features.
ARCA: A Federated Audiovisual Repository for Enhanced Academic Content Sharing
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ARCA Federated audiovisual repository 30 March 2011
ARCA - Description • ARCA: RSS Aggregator for the Academic Community • Developed by University Carlos III of Madrid • RedIRIS service from 2007 • It provides video service over the aggregated contents • Complementary publication way • It doesn't cover the production or distribution phases • Open content • Browsing by categories • Searching • Scheduler of events
Main characteristics • Types of supported contents: • VoD • Podcast • Live video events announcements • Supported formats: WM, Real, QT, Flash, h.264 … • The service work over the set of contents provided by members of ARCA • Service model: federated • The metadata is transferred from institutions to ARCA in a easy way: • RSS 2.0 • Namespaces
ITUNES ARCA service model STREAMING SEARCH HTTP Server METADATA Streaming Server PUSH LIVE SEARCH METADATA RSS PUSH Learning tool, blog … ARCA METADATA REUSE Streaming Server HTTP Server CONTENT DOWNLOAD
ARCA social layer • Objetives: • Improve usability • Improving the visibility of the contents • Promote the use • Create Community • Facebok Social Plugin • Comments • Likes
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