ARCHIVING CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED METADATA

Consideration should be given to the nature of the content. It may need to be hosted offline, ideally backed up to multiple drives, or on private servers, as hosting companies may take issue with such content. However, encrypted online storage options are available and many services provide anonymity and privacy. Consider which service is best for your work.

Such content should be archived in a manner that allows it to be retrieved and linked to other content from the same incident as well as with any associated metadata.

Consider the following schema:

• An ID for each incident (can be shared by multiple pieces of content)
• A unique ID for each piece of content
• A unique url for the archived version of the video
• Time/Date data:
  • Time/Date acquired
  • Time/Date uploaded
  • Time/Date of incident – from verification process
• Location data:
  • Location from metadata
  • Location from description
  • Location – from verification process
  • Geo-coordinates (where location has been confirmed through verification process)
• Source data:
  • Uploader name
  • Uploader account url
  • Original source name – from verification process
• A link to archived information (online archive files, screenshots,etc.)
• Discovery data
  • Keywords, hashtags, caption, description
• Ancillary data
  • Platform, video quality, shares, other versions, audience engagement data (where available).