Dear Timothy,
I think the use of video is valuable even if there is not much motion involved - combining a series of stills with voice over can be very effective - and the many video hosting services makes it relatively easy to get online. However, unlike text which can be mined for information, video (and images) require good metadata to describe what the content is about - to aid in searches, etc.
Your species pages with their general facts and interactive taxonomic keys span the task areas covered by SDD (Structure of Descriptive Data) and SPM (Species Profile Model) TDWG interest groups. I look forward to fruitful discussions between the two at the forthcoming meeting in Bratislava that will lead to standardised ways of marking up your species content so that it is more easily discoverable, accessible and re-usable (assuming permissions granted) across what GBIF has labelled "The Universal Biodiversity Data Bus".
Best regards,
Éamonn
-----Original Message----- From: tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [mailto:tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of Timothy M. Jones Sent: 10 August 2007 16:48 To: tdwg@lists.tdwg.org Subject: [tdwg] Species pages and video
Hello,
I will not be attending the meeting this fall but thought that this may be of interest to those interested in species pages models. I am working on species pages that include the use of video. The videos were only added a month ago and are a bit rudimentary (with budget-conscious equipment) but the potential now seems truly limitless.
Examples - http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_eburnea_species.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_nebrascensis_species.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_mitchelliana_species.htm
Comments appreciated, Timothy M. Jones http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Carex/Carex.html _______________________________________________ tdwg mailing list tdwg@lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg