Grass Valley Aurora Playout v.7.0 - Manual (Page 218)

Logical Asset
A logical asset is a combination of the MediaFrame database information, physical
asset or assets on the server, and proxy assets. A logical asset has a globally unique
Universal resource Name (URN) that uniquely identifies it.
Material
A high-resolution clip, upon which the low-resolution proxy is based.
MDI
Managed Device Interface.
MediaFrame
A metadata storage and asset management architecture deployed in the Aurora suite.
This architecture shares media asset management (MAM) components with other
applications and systems such as servers, Aurora Ingest, and Aurora Edit workstations.
MediaFrame Status
A tool in Aurora Browse that tracks the status of the various components of Aurora
Browse.
Metadata
Data about data. For example, metadata can include keywords, descriptions, and other
terms that you would use to search for an asset in a database. Foreign metadata is
imported XML metadata that is associated with a MediaFrame logical asset.
Offline
In Aurora Browse, offline refers to an asset that has been archived.An asset can be
both offline and online simultaneously.
Online
In Aurora Browse, online refers to an asset that is located on the high-resolution server.
An asset can be both offline and online simultaneously.
Physical Asset
A physical asset, or essence, is the raw program material, represented by pictures,
sound, text video, etc. It carries the actual message or information.
Proxy
A low-resolution clip that represents high-resolution material.
SD
Standard Definition video.
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