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PBCore

Published onMay 19, 2020
PBCore

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

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