A number of intitial work items have been identified during the XMP-Open summits. A lead has been assigned for each activity. If you are interested in participating, contact Dianne Kennedy.

Case Studies
Understanding how XMP can be used to provide a specific benefit will not only assist Adobe to understand how the industry hopes to use XMP but will assist the XMP-Open user community to better understand specific business benefits that can be realized by employing XMP-based technology. Case Studies will capture and document real-world examples of XMP in use today.

Proof-of-Concept
Proof-of-Concepts will be developed by a subcommittee of XMP-Open. Case studies will provide a demonstration of XMP functionality and will help the user community understand how XMP can be implemented.

Use Cases
Use Cases are a technique to capture functional requirements for XMP and XMP implementations. Developing a standard “Use Case” format will be the first order of business. Developing the following use cases will be of first priority:

• Managing video assets
• XMP-based Rights Management
• A standard XMP solution for unsupported file types
• XMP for Preservation/Achiving
• XMP-enabled print production

Second priority use cases include:

• XMP for media capture
• XMP for composite images/media
• XMP for multi-channel delivery
• System interchange of XMP

Documenting the XMP Value Stack
Joshua Duhl re-introduced the idea of the XMP Value Stack at the last Summit as a way to educate adopters about the role of XMP and its benefits. Documenting the Value Stack was adopted as a work item with Joshua serving as the lead.

XMP Best Practices
One of the resources that could be very valuable for a user community is the development and formalization of XMP Best Practices. These will evolve and most likely be developed via the WIKI.

XMP Cookbook
An XMP “cookbook” will be designed to assist implementers in getting started with XMP. Because the Use Cases will be closely tied to Cook Book content, this project will begin following the submission of initial use cases. We can “publish” the cookbook recipes as they are developed, so this will be an ongoing project.

XMP Schema Registry
work item to establish an online registry for XMP Schemas was initiated. The feeling of the group is that having some “starter” sets of XMP Schemas in addition to the schemas that are built into CS would go a long way toward elimination the barriers to entry.

XMP-Open Experts Community
A final work item is to organize an XMP-Open Expert community through establishing an XMP training and certification program for consultants and industry professionals and launching a collaborative XMP website to assist those implementing XMP-based media solutions.
Action: Gunar Penikis to develop a 90-minute XMP introduction and overview for a Connect Session. Dianne Kennedy will apply the IDEAlliance G7 model to develop an integrated XMP Experts program.

To Learn More Contact:
Dianne Kennedy, IDEAlliance Project Manager
630-941-8197
dkennedy@idealliance.org