Stanford University Selects Artesia Technologies' TEAMS Solution as the Content Management Framework for its Digital Library Initiative.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2000 Award-winning Digital Asset Management Solution being Implemented to Address Challenges in Managing Petabyte-size Digital Libraries Artesia Technologies, the leading provider of digital asset management solutions, today announced that its TEAMS(TM) digital asset management solution has been selected to serve as the content management framework for a major initiative being planned by Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Libraries. This project is expected to address several of the most pressing challenges facing academia, including the exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. of published material, new demands for ubiquitous access that are being driven by the development of the wired--and soon to be wireless--classroom, and the growth in distance learning. Working closely with colleagues among the research libraries in the Digital Library Federation, Stanford plans to utilize TEAMS to create an environment using off-the-shelf technologies for effectively managing rich media content and its associated XML-based metadata (1) (meta-data) Data that describes other data. The term may refer to detailed compilations such as data dictionaries and repositories that provide a substantial amount of information about each data element. within petabyte-size archives so that it may be easily accessible via a variety of means. "Developing systems capable of capturing, preserving and delivering vast amounts of digital content is the core challenge for research libraries within the digital age," said Michael Keller, University Librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. and Director of Academic Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. . "We expect that Artesia's TEAMS software will play a significant role in our effort to establish the base technologies required to overcome these most critical barriers to electronic library access. "Through its implementation, we plan to expand web-based access to the university's extensive collection of media resources to the entire Stanford community and improve our ability to work collaboratively with other organizations as well." The Stanford University Libraries expects to use the TEAMS software as a core element of its "Dark Cave" project that is intended to create a production implementation of the Open Archival Information System An Open Archival Information System (or OAIS) is an archive, consisting of an organization of people and systems, that has accepted the responsibility to preserve information and make it available for a Designated Community. (OAIS OAIS Open Archival Information System (library and information science) OAIS Officer Assignment Information System OAIS Opinion, Attitude, and Interest Survey ) reference model. TEAMS provides them with a robust infrastructure for addressing each aspect of the OAIS model, including ingestion ingestion /in·ges·tion/ (-chun) the taking of food, drugs, etc., into the body by mouth. in·ges·tion n. 1. The act of taking food and drink into the body by the mouth. 2. of content with associated metadata, content management and preservation, and distribution. Stanford plans to develop this project to establish protocols and apply emerging standards for managing and accessing petabyte-sized digital libraries that can be used to support a wide-range of research activities. Among the specific issues that the project expects to address is the current lack of powerful filtering mechanisms that are needed to improve an end-users ability to access relevant content across massive databases. TEAMS includes a number of powerful, Web-based search and retrieval tools that support searching across all media types by browsing See browse. keywords associated with each asset, by using text within the asset or its descriptive properties, or by using Boolean criteria. "When you look at the history and association between Stanford and Silicon Valley, you recognize the importance of university resources in nurturing and enhancing great minds," said Sebastian Holst, vice president of Marketing for Artesia Technologies. "As such, we are very pleased that the university has chosen TEAMS as part of its resource framework. Based on our experience with Library of Congress' National Digital Library, we're confident that TEAMS provides the web-enabled access and enterprise-class architecture needed to seamlessly integrate media resources with the rest of the collection. We're proud to be a part of this initiative." About Artesia Technologies Artesia Technologies is the market leader in enterprise Digital Asset Management (DAM). Artesia's core product TEAMS, enables organizations to capture, manage, and dynamically re-express valuable rich-media assets - video, audio, images, graphics, and text - and leverage them to exploit new business opportunities requiring targeted delivery of rich media. In addition, TEAMS' open API Open API (often referred to as OpenAPI) is a word used to describe sets of technologies that enable websites to interact with each other by using SOAP, Javascript any other web technology. and support for industry standards such as Java, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , enable the creation of enterprise-scale solutions. Artesia's blue ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize customers include thought leaders as impressive and diverse as Time Warner Trade Publishing, The Washington Post, General Motors, The FeedRoom.com and many more. TEAMS, the company's flagship solution, was recently recognized by the editors of the Seybold Report on Internet Publishing as one of their "Hot Picks" and it was also a recipient of the prestigious Crossroads 2000 A-List Award within the Excellence in Execution category. In addition, Artesia Technologies was named by ComputerWorld magazine as one of its "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000." For additional information on Artesia Technologies, please visit our web site at www.artesia.com. Artesia and TEAMS are trademarks of Artesia Technologies. All other names are the property of their respective trademark holders. |
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