Building a European Cultural Backbone

Funded by ECF a metadata "replication engine" is coded which automatically duplicates (replicates) metadata of nodes in the ECB network. Thereby metadata of uploaded mediafiles are distributed in the network and can be then used for a syndicated search engine and possibly in recommenders.

We will discuss a first draft of a data model and possible ways of distribution. As a result we want to find a common understanding how to proceed, beta-version should be launched in summer 2022.

Discussion about datamodel

How can we efficiently replicate metadata and content between media platforms? After an intro to the day, this presentation introduces current approaches towards self-certifying data structures as a future-proof model for content broadcast and exchange.

Presentation and discussion of the social media exchange protocols based on matrix.

Presentation and discussion of the social media exchange protocol.

How can we build search engines with a different bias such as ranking common good sources first? Roland Alton will present his experience of adapting and operating for one year fairsuch.net, a meta search engine based on Searx. We will also be looking at other open source frameworks that focus on search and discovery and will share our experience how they can be adapted or trained.

Presentation and discussion about European Broadcasting Union's Personalisation and Recommendation Ecosystem PEACH. How can the most relevant content be delivered to each user?

How can we overcome language barriers by using language technology like machine translation algorithms? How to make use of the European Language Grid and looking at its API.

Presentation and discussion of the Open Audio Search project. It uses automated speech recognition to turn spoken word into text, which is then indexed in a full-text search engine. The engine can subscribe to RSS feeds to ingest content from different sources. Through a web user interface, users can search in the generated transcripts of radio shows and podcasts and play them right from the time mark of a search result.

Presentation and discussion of European Broadcasting Union's open toolbox EuroVOX for transcription and translation.

Presentation of the Austrian Language Project, a language model for Austrian standard variations/idoms.

Presentation and discussion on designing a workshop to encourage cultural practitioners, individuals as well as organizations, to build a F/LOSS-first & anti-GAFAM workflow.

What is necessary for a Digital European Public Space on a technical side?

Self governed open source alternatives for social media tools: Use cases, governance, moderation and user policies. How can civil society communities benefit from self-governed social media and which problems of organisation and governance need to be sorted out first?

Discussion: Governance, moderation & user policies

Presentation of hu.cba.media as a blueprint for international cba language portals

Presentation of the Delphi project.

Presentation of a European platform project funded by the European Broadcasting Union.

What does a European Cultural Backbone look like?

European Cultural Foundation's long-term strategy for a European Public Space as a common ground where representatives of civil society, media, politics, digital and academia come together to strategise next steps in order to mobilise people, knowledge and resources by governments and public institutions.

Necessity of a federated network. Role of public service broadcasters. Need for a centralized curated portal.

What is needed for a European platform on a political side on national and EU level?

Results of the first hackathon day.

How can we shape a community media podcast future, maintaining the non-negotiables of community broadcasting and a 3rd sector legitimacy and role?

Community Media Workshop

Presentation and discussion of the local community TV Dorf TV and its online video platform dorftv.at.

Presentation of case studies of the XRCB in the context of Barcelona and the decentralization of open infrastructures for radio broadcasters.