Opencast
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Opencast is a term to describe audio and video content, primarily in an academic context. It combines the terms "Open" for Open Source
and/or Open Access and "Broadcast
". The term has been coined in the context of the Opencast Community and the Opencast Matterhorn project.
software to produce, manage and distribute academic audio and video content, especially lecture recordings. Matterhorn is supposed to bring about an easy-to-use chain of software components to automatise the related process.
The project is supposed to combine the individual solutions and focus the efforts and experience of different universities in one shared open
product. The creation of a unified system with an open development process is projected to foster the exchange of educational content also. The Opencast Matterhorn project receives funding from the Hewlett Foundation
and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
and/or Open Access and "Broadcast
Broadcast
Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...
". The term has been coined in the context of the Opencast Community and the Opencast Matterhorn project.
Opencast Community
The Opencast Community was initiated by UC Berkeley in 2007 to gather academic institutions, individuals and companies interested in the production, management and distribution of academic audio and video content. Communication around related issues happens on the homepage and via the mailinglist. Goals of the Opencast Community are described in the mission statement. The most prominent project under the hood of the Opencast Community is the Opencast Matterhorn build project.Opencast Matterhorn
The Matterhorn project stems from the Opencast Community in that 13 institutions from North America and Europe initiated a cooperation to build an Open SourceOpen source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software to produce, manage and distribute academic audio and video content, especially lecture recordings. Matterhorn is supposed to bring about an easy-to-use chain of software components to automatise the related process.
The project is supposed to combine the individual solutions and focus the efforts and experience of different universities in one shared open
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
product. The creation of a unified system with an open development process is projected to foster the exchange of educational content also. The Opencast Matterhorn project receives funding from the Hewlett Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Reddington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1967. The Hewlett Foundation awards grants to support educational and cultural institutions and to advance certain social and...
and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City and Princeton, New Jersey in the United States, is a private foundation with five core areas of interest, endowed with wealth accumulated by the late Andrew W. Mellon of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the product of the 1969...
.