Release 4:
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September 2015
Structural Metadata: (examples - migrating from Variations to Avalon; importing new items with an existing structure file that is created outside of the system)
Navigation by structure (jump to point on the timeline)
Create structure (via resource description form and batch; structure can be added at the file level or what is now called a section)
includes segment label
hierarchy
time offset
- Edit structure via resource description form
Dependency Simplification - Create a transcoding API to support use with alternative transcoding engines
- Wowza integration
- Hydra 8
Accessibility Phase One
Navigation of web page elements with screen reader and tab key
Using player controls with keyboard
Add Notes field
Indexing Notes field
- Canvas LTI integration improvements
- Avalon provides LTI urls for direct access to item or sections when used with a Course Management System
- oEmbed support
Release 5: Feb 2016 - Support IU MDPI/Large collection management. Support for moving from Variations to Avalon.
- Streaming and player issues
- Update mediaelement.js
- Support HLS Flash and retire RTMP support
APIs for management of large collections of content
- Content ingest API - implications for batch (bags?) should include metadata, files, structure (whatever Avalon takes)
IP based access control, investigate need for LDAP based groups for assigning collection staff roles
Player API may be needed for structural metadata work
Structural Metadata stage 2 TBD
Interactive editor
Get structure from sources (media files via wav markers); internet source (freedb); physical media - like tracks on cd)
Accessibility phase 2
Captioning definition and plan. Determine if/what we can do in R5? (Point of ingest caption)
- Other possible features
Better visibility of access control status for bulk selected items
- Fed4 timeline (when and how)
Investigate needed technical environment for a pilot hosted Avalon service offering
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