Metadata management convergence platforms, systems and methods

摘要

Metadata management convergence platforms, systems, and methods to organize a community of users' data records are presented. More specifically, methods are presented for managing metadata records related to content housed in unique, disparate or federated holdings in centralized or distributed environments. Also systems and methods for creating and managing metadata records using domain specific language, vocabulary and metadata schema accepted by a community of users of unique, disparate or federated databases in centralized or distributed environments are presented. Such environments can include digital multimedia repositories while providing for, but not limited to: the convergence, enhancement and management of metadata schemas that relate to content, information, networks, devices and users to deliver an interoperable multimedia-driven application infrastructure across a horizontal market.

主权项

1. A metadata convergence platform implemented in a digital environment and comprising:
a communication system in electronic communication with
a first content repository comprising, in digital form,
a first content comprising at least a first kind of media, andfirst metadata comprising attributes respecting the first content, anda second content repository disparate from the first content repository and comprising, in digital form,
a second content comprising at least a second kind of media different from the first kind of media, andsecond metadata comprising attributes respecting the second content, the communication system receiving at least a portion of the first metadata and the second metadata from the first and second content repositories, respectively; a metadata registry accessible via the Internet by a user device, the metadata registry receiving and storing, in digital form, a plurality of metadata schemas including
a first metadata schema concerning the first kind of media, anda second metadata schema different from the first metadata schema and concerning the second kind of media; and a control system in communication with the communication system and the metadata registry and configured to:
incorporate the first metadata into the first metadata schema to produce a first metadata record;incorporate the second metadata into the second metadata schema to produce a second metadata record; andtransmit the first and second metadata records to the metadata registry; the metadata convergence platform being configured to:
receive a query from the user device, the query comprising a required schema and one of a first identifier of the first content and a second identifier of the second content;determine whether the query contains the first identifier or the second identifier;responsive to a determination that the query contains the first identifier:
identify the first metadata record in the metadata registry using the first identifier;locate, using the first metadata record, the first content within the first repository;retrieve the first content from the first repository;transform the first metadata record from the first metadata schema to the required schema to generate the first metadata in the required schema; anddeliver the first content and the first metadata in the required schema to the user device; andresponsive to a determination that the query contains the second identifier:
identify the second metadata record in the metadata registry using the second identifier;locate, using the second metadata record, the second content within the second repository;retrieve the second content from the second repository;transform the second metadata record from the second metadata schema to the required schema to generate the second metadata in the required schema; anddeliver the second content and the second metadata in the required schema to the user device.