Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies
Subtitle: Theory and Applications
Contributors: Hobson, Paola
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781848000766
Subjects: Multimedia systems
Description: This book draws together experts from the multimedia, the knowledge and the integrated multimedia-knowledge domains to explore how knowledge technologies can be exploited to create new multimedia applications, and how multimedia technologies can provide new contexts for the use of knowledge technologies. The step-by-step approach guides the reader from fundamental enabling technologies of ontologies, analysis and reasoning, through to applications which have hitherto had less attention such as personalisation of multimedia content and personalised content adaptation. Thorough coverage of all r.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Matter; Introduction to Semantic Multimedia; Multimedia Content Description Using Semantic Web Languages; Ontology-Based Reasoning Techniques for Multimedia Interpretation and Retrieval; Introducing Context and Reasoning in Visual Content Analysis: An Ontology-Based Framework; Audio Content Analysis; Personalised Multimedia Summaries; The Role of Ontologies for 3D Media Applications; The Application of Semantic Web Technologies to Multimedia Data Fusion within eScience; Mind the Gaps-Finding the Appropriate Dimensional Representation for Semantic Retrieval of Multimedia Assets.; title: Filling the Semantic Gap in Video Retrieval: An ExplorationConclusions Relating to Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies; Back Matter.