<s>
Opencast	B-Language
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Opencast	B-Language
Matterhorn	I-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
automated	O
video	O
capture	O
,	O
processing	O
,	O
managing	O
,	O
and	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opencast	B-Language
is	O
built	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
developers	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
leading	O
universities	O
and	O
organizations	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opencast	B-Language
is	O
a	O
term	O
to	O
describe	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
content	O
,	O
primarily	O
in	O
an	O
academic	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
has	O
been	O
coined	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	O
Opencast	B-Language
Community	I-Language
and	O
the	O
Opencast	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opencast	B-Language
Community	I-Language
was	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
in	O
2007	O
to	O
coordinate	O
academic	O
institutions	O
,	O
individuals	O
,	O
and	O
companies	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
,	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
academic	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opencast	B-Language
software	O
project	O
,	O
named	O
Opencast	B-Language
Matterhorn	I-Language
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
in	O
that	O
13	O
institutions	O
from	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
initiated	O
a	O
cooperation	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
produce	O
,	O
manage	O
and	O
distribute	O
academic	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
content	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
lecture	O
recordings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opencast	B-Language
Matterhorn	I-Language
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
yearlong	O
funding	O
period	O
,	O
community	O
and	O
project	O
set	O
themselves	O
up	O
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
initiative	O
,	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
various	O
stakeholders	O
(	O
academic	O
institutions	O
,	O
commercial	O
partners	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
"	O
Opencast	B-Language
Matterhorn	I-Language
"	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
Opencast	B-Language
"	O
to	O
denote	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
(	O
Matterhorn	O
)	O
project	O
and	O
its	O
transformation	O
into	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
Opencast	B-Language
joined	O
the	O
Apereo	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foundation	O
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
which	O
fosters	O
use	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
free	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
higher	O
education	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
legal	O
entity	O
for	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opencast	B-Language
follows	O
a	O
time-based	O
release	O
cycle	O
,	O
publishing	O
two	O
major	O
releases	O
per	O
year	O
and	O
several	O
minor	O
bugfix	O
and	O
maintenance	O
releases	O
in	O
between	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
3.0	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
Jun	O
14	O
,	O
2017	O
)	O
Opencast	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
major.minor	O
version	O
schema	O
,	O
indicating	O
the	O
major	O
release	O
and	O
the	O
bugfix	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
