JISC

Early in 2009, the Alliance commissioned a consortium led by Chris Batt Consulting to develop a prototype service that would bring together knowledge on all aspects of the digital content lifecycle in a form that would inform policy makers and practitioners to make effective decisions on the funding and development of digital services. The purpose was to create a demonstrator for 'a road map on how public sector and other organisations should collaborate to align their activities for the benefit of all'. Digipedia, the resulting prototype, was launched at an international seminar in Oxford in spring 2009 and Chris Batt Consulting has now been commissioned to develop the prototype into a pilot that will form the foundation of sustainable service.

The next stage of the Digipedia project – building a prototype service – is now well underway and the first interim version of the software and content architecture has been launched. This pilot will ingest a range of content to assess the most cost-effective means of producing a ‘gold standard’ digital content lifecycle knowledge base. Discussions have been planned with a number of specialist content providers in the UK and internationally.

In autumn 2010, a final prototype for user testing, tools for social networking and the development of options for cost-effective sustainability. The final pilot service will be launched in April 2011.

Find out more with the booklet Developing Digipedia (PDF)