Parliament Media Archive Specification

The Federal Department of Parliamentary Services has issued a Request for Tender for "Provision of Equipment and Services for Media Asset Management and Archiving Solution" (ATM ID DPS09001, 5-May-2009). They are seeking hardware, software and services for digital capture, segmentation, delivery, archiving and management of audiovisual content from the Parliament. They also have an existing 55,000 hours of broadcast quality video of Parliamentary proceedings to digitise. What makes this interesting is that the tender documents (available to registered companies) include a detailed specification of the system including free TV metadata:

6 STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT (SOR) ... 33
6.1 Overview ... 33
6.2 Content Capture ... 35
6.3 Content Enrichment ... 39
6.4 Non Linear Editing ... 41
6.5 Content Storage ... 42
6.6 Content Distribution—Platforms ... 43
6.7 Content Distribution—Client Access ... 44
6.8 System Management—Administration .... 48
6.9 System Management—Health/Status Monitoring .... 49
6.10 System Management—Information Reporting ... 50
6.11 System Management—Account Access and Content Security ... 51
6.12 Data Migration of File Based Content ... 52
6.13 System Integration ... 52
6.14 System Architecture and Technology ... 54
6.15 Project Implementation Plan .... 55
6.16 Acceptance Testing ... 56
6.17 Documentation .... 58
6.18 Training .... 60
6.19 Support and Maintenance ... 60
6.20 Additional Services—Back-Capture of Archive Content ... 61
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9 STAGE 3—TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ... 79
9.1 Solution Overview ... 79
9.2 Content Capture ... 79
9.3 Content Enrichment ... 85
9.4 Non-Linear Editing .... 89
9.5 Content Storage ... 90
9.6 Content Distribution—Platforms ... 93
9.7 Content Distribution—Client Access ... 94
9.8 System Management—Administration ... 100
9.9 System Management—Health/Status Monitoring ... 103
9.10 System Management—Information Reporting .... 104
9.11 System Management—Account Access and Content Security .... 106
9.12 Data Migration of File Based Content ... 107
9.13 System Integration .... 108
9.14 System Architecture and Technology ... 110
9.15 Project Implementation .... 113
9.16 Acceptance Testing .... 113
9.17 Documentation ... 116
9.18 Training ... 118
9.19 Support and Maintenance ... 119
9.20 Additional Services—Back-Capture of Archive Content ... 121

Appendix A—Metadata Exchange
Appendix B—EMMS Metadata
Appendix C—Data Storage Backup and Recovery Principles
Appendix D—APH Style Manual
Appendix E—User Permissions
Appendix F—APH ICT Architecture and Standards
Appendix G—Chamber Microphone Interface
Appendix H—ScheduAll Data Schema
Appendix I—ParlInfo Schema
Appendix J—Broadcast Standards Manual ...

From Table of Contents, "Provision of Equipment and Services for Media Asset Management and Archiving Solution", Department of Parliamentary Services (ATM ID DPS09001, 5-May-2009).