The emerging idea of the semantic web is based on the maximumautomation of the complete knowledge lifecycle processes: knowledgerepresentation, acquisition, adaptation, reasoning, sharing anduse.
Text-based based browsers involve a costly information-retrievalprocess: descriptions are inherently subjective and usage is oftenconfined to the specific application domain for which thedescriptions were created. Automatic extracted audiovisual featuresare, in general, more objective, domain-independent and can benative to the audiovisual content.
This book seeks to draw together in one concise volume thefindings of leading researchers from around the globe. The focus,in particular, is on the MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards that seek toconsolidate and render effective the infrastructure for thedelivery and management of multimedia content.
* Provides thorough coverage of all relevant topics, includingstructure identification in audiovisual documents, object-basedvideo indexing, multimedia indexing and retrieval using naturallanguage, speech and image processing methods
* Contains detailed advice on ontology representation andquerying for realizing semantics-driven applications
* Includes cutting-edge information on multimedia contentdescription in MPEG-7 and MPEG-21
* Illustrates all theory with real-world case studies gleanedfrom state-of-the-art worldwide research. The contributors arepioneers in the fields of multimedia analysis and knowledgetechnologies
This unified, comprehensive up-to-date resource will appeal tointegrators, systems suppliers, managers and consultants in thearea of knowledge management and information retrieval;particularly those concerned with the automation of the semanticweb. The detailed, theory-based practical advice is also essentialreading for postgraduates and researchers in these fields.
Giorgos Stamou
Audio & Speech Processing & Broadcasting Audio-, Sprachverarbeitung u. Übertragung Computer Science Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Informatik Information Technologies Informationstechnologie Kommunikationstechnik Web Site Development Web-Entwicklung
"...an informative and well-thought-out compendium of research-oriented literature...the editors and respective researchers should be congratulated on a job well done." (Computing Reviews.com, October 17, 2006)
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