The NotreDAM platform, developed by CRS4 within the DistrICT Lab initiative, has been adopted by the project "Ken Burns America" of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), as the back-office digital library. PBS, a non-profit corporation bringing together more than 350 public TV stations in the United States, is a multi-platform leader that serves Americans through television, mobile TV, the Web, and interactive whiteboards in the classrooms, reaching over 29 million people online each month.
The project website, designed and built by Kapow Inc. and Metal Toad Media Inc., provides access to the vast thematic content related to productions of Ken Burns, director and producer of some of the most accomplished historical documentaries ever made about the American culture and people. All images and videos on the site are pulled in from the customized open source digital asset manager NotreDAM. According to these companies, one of the reasons that has led to the choice of NotreDAM is its ability to model real-world objects (such as events, people, places, artifacts, etc.) and to connect them directly to digital assets (audio, video and other media content). The NotreDAM platform is available under open source license GPL3.
For more information: maurizio.agelli@crs4.it