Wikipedia Prepares To Add Video Alongside Crowdsourced Text
Wikipedia became the 10th most popular site on the Internet by mining the wisdom of the crowd to develop text-based encyclopedia entries.
Now is it ready to take on video.
The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation is expected to add technology in the next several months to let volunteers add video and multi-media to the general reference posts that in June alone drew 61 million Americans to the property.
There are a lot of components that need to come together, says Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura. But the plan seems on track for implementation by the end of the year.
Kaltura, the maker of open-source video management software, is supplying its software to the initiative. Yekutiel says there are many complexities, such as storing a history of the editing process for each clip posted.
In essence, the system will work the way the software does that Wikipedia uses to post text today. Editors will be able to follow changes to the material so as to understand how entries are created.
But while text is one thing, multi-media opens a new can of worms. Video clips can be editing in numerous subtle ways, and their source isn’t always obvious.
It will fascinating to see how thoroughly they can be policed – and exactly what value they bring. Will a picture indeed be worth a thousand crowdsourced words?
Wikipedia became the 10th most popular site on the Internet by mining the wisdom of the crowd to develop text-based encyclopedia entries.
Now is it ready to take on video.
The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation is expected to add technology in the next several months to let volunteers add video and multi-media to the general reference posts that in June alone drew 61 million Americans to the property.
There are a lot of components that need to come together, says Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura. But the plan seems on track for implementation by the end of the year.
Kaltura, the maker of open-source video management software, is supplying its software to the initiative. Yekutiel says there are many complexities, such as storing a history of the editing process for each clip posted.
In essence, the system will work the way the software does that Wikipedia uses to post text today. Editors will be able to follow changes to the material so as to understand how entries are created.
But while text is one thing, multi-media opens a new can of worms. Video clips can be editing in numerous subtle ways, and their source isn’t always obvious.
It will fascinating to see how thoroughly they can be policed – and exactly what value they bring. Will a picture indeed be worth a thousand crowdsourced words?
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