Digital Asset Management

The second edition focuses on the media and entertainment sector (M & E), with more information relevant to encompass broadcasters migration to file-based production. New technology and new products are also included, plus extra case studies.

New content includes:

- Storage management. The products have been designed for the needs of the media business.

- XML and web services.

- New case studies.


* Demystifies the basic technologies of asset management

* Explains the processes and operations in the media management system

* Provides an unbiased view of the leading systems

Introduction
Document and content management
Media asset management
The case for digital asset management
Technologies
Asset formats
The system components
XML
Asset Catalog & Indexing
Search Engines
Content Description standards
Application server
User Interface
Databases
Disk storage
Mass storage
Storage Management
Digital rights management (DRM)
Deploying DAM
Integration system
DAM Products
Applications (case studies)
Appendix A: Glossary