canonical processes of media production
Creating compelling multimedia presentations is a complex task. It involves the capture of media assets, then editing and authoring these into one or more final presentations. Tools tend to concentrate on a single aspect to reduce the complexity of the interface. While these tools are tailored to support a specific task, very often there is no consideration for input requirements for the next tool down the line. Each tool has the potential for adding semantic annotations to the media asset, describing relevant aspects of the asset and why it is being used for a particular purpose. These annotations need to be included in the information handed on to the next tool.We specify inputs and outputs to a number of canonical processes we identify in multimedia production. We do not specify the intricate workings of the processes, but concentrate on the information flow between them. Our claim is that by specifying the inputs and outputs required for processes that occur in widely differing uses of media we can identify a small set of building blocks that can be supported in semantically aware media production tools.
media annotation media capture