PBCore
Summary
Metadata standard for the public broadcasting community in the USA, used to manage audiovisual assets, including libraries, archives, and independent producers.
Parent organisation: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
Market share: Cannot tell
Pricing: Free
Skills needed to set-up: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use
Parent organisation: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
Market share: Cannot tell
Pricing: Free
Skills needed to set-up: Needs tool/domain expert to configure
Skills needed to use: Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use
Pros
Industry standard established and by public broadcasting community
Large community of users in archives, libraries and public media organisations
Cons
Lack pricing transparency
Lacks accessibility statement
Does not share diversity data
Full Product Data Collection
Data collected January-February 2020
| Product name | PBCore |
| Product URL | https://pbcore.org/ |
| Parent organisation | American Archive of Public Broadcasting |
| Workflow category | Storage & archiving |
| Date product founded | 2001 |
| Product description | Metadata standard for the public broadcasting community in the USA, used to manage audiovisual assets, including libraries, archives, and independent producers. |
| What type of company or organisation is the product owned by? | Non-profit organisation |
| Is the company profit-making? | Not-for-profit model |
| How is this product funded? | Backed by a non-profit organisation or charity, Government funding |
| What market share does the tool have? | Cannot tell |
| Is there an Open Source alternative in this product space? | No |
| When did the company last release new features? | December 2018: example records added to Github repository |
| Have they shared details of the product roadmap? | A roadmap for PBCore 3.0 is “under discussion” according to the project’s website, but no date has been set for its release. |
| Is there talk of the product raising further investment? | No |
| Is there talk of the product being acquired? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy business issues or challenges in the last 12 months? | No |
| Is there a pricing model listed on the website? | No / cannot find |
| How clear & transparent is this pricing model? | Product is free but it’s unclear |
| What is the range of prices offered? | N/A |
| What factors drive higher pricing? | N/A |
| What skills are needed to get this tool set up & usable? | Needs tool/domain expert to configure |
| What skills are needed to USE this tool day-to-day? | Needs tool/domain expert for ongoing use |
| Does this tool use proprietary file formats for saving documents & outputs? | Defaults to common open standard file formats |
| Is the product reliant on 3rd-party APIs or interoperability to function? | No |
| Have there been any newsworthy technical issues in the last 3 years? | No |
| How clear is the Terms of Service for users (i.e. publishing customers)? | No public TOS available pre-purchase |
| Does the product have a data collection & usage policy on its website? (Can be a GDPR statement)? | GDPR N/A |
| Is their data policy “GDPR everywhere”? | GDPR N/A |
| Does the product require your audience to sign-in to use it? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| IF SIGN IN REQUIRED: Does audience sign-in use 3rd party platforms? | N/A not an audience-facing tool |
| Does the public product website mention how to export or transfer your data to another service? | N/A |
| Does the public product website mention how to delete your data? | N/A |
| Have there been any newsworthy security breaches with this product in the last 3 years? | No |
| Does the company have an accessibility statement on its website? | No / cannot find |
| Does the company release information on the diversity of the workforce? | No |