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The Ecosystem of Digital Assets: Crowds and clouds

Tobias Blanke, King’s College London, United Kingdom

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - looks to the future of digital asset management, focussing on the next generation web
 - includes up-to date developments in the field, crowd sourcing, and cloud services
 - details case studies to demonstrate how generic requirements are met in particular cases
 - speaks to the needs of digital practitioners

Digital asset management is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Near universal availability of high-quality web-based assets makes it important to pay attention to the new world of digital ecosystems and what it means for managing, using and publishing digital assets. The Ecosystem of Digital Assets reflects on these developments and what the emerging ‘web of things’ could mean for digital assets. The book is structured into three parts, each covering an important aspect of digital assets. Part one introduces the emerging ecosystems of digital assets. Part two examines digital asset management in a networked environment. The third part covers media ecosystems.

Readership: All those interested in digital asset management, including information professionals, academics, and students.

Approx. £47.50 / US$80.00 / €55.00

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About the author

Tobias Blanke is teaching senior lecturer and director of the MA in Digital Asset Management at the Centre for e-Research, King’s College London. His background is in informatics and philosophy, with a PhD in German philosophy from the Free University of Berlin, and a second PhD in Computing Science from Glasgow University. Tobias has worked at Credite Suisse First Boston in the City of London, at the Free University of Berlin, and at several smaller companies, prior to joining King’s College.

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Contents

Introduction to the emerging Ecosystems of Digital Assets: Web API’s; Web of Things, linked media data; Commercial environment; Emerging services: location services a case study; Digital asset management in a networked environment; Federations and linked data; Collective intelligence (crowds); Service infrastructure (clouds); Networked value; Media ecosystems: Digital media; Infrastructures; Content in mobile ecosystems.