Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies

by Kompatsiaris, Yiannis; Hobson, Paola

• ISBN13: 9781848000759
• ISBN10: 1848000758
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-08
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

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 relevant topics is given, including ontologies for low level multimedia feature representation, higher level multimedia systems representations, application of multimedia ontologies for visual analysis and finally usage of multimedia and knowledge technologies for applications. Presenting a fundamental work which can serve as a reference book for researchers and graduate students going forward, this book is an invaluable tool.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction
Introduction to Semantic Multimedia	p. 3
Multimedia Ontologies, Analysis, Reasoning - Theory
Multimedia Content Description Using Semantic Web Languages	p. 17
Ontology-Based Reasoning Techniques for Multimedia Interpretation and Retrieval	p. 55
Introducing Context and Reasoning in Visual Content Analysis: An Ontology-Based Framework	p. 99
Audio Content Analysis	p. 123
Applications Using Semantic Web Technologies
Personalised Multimedia Summaries	p. 165
The Role of Ontologies for 3D Media Applications	p. 185
The Application of Semantic Web Technologies to Multimedia Data Fusion within eScience	p. 207
Applications Using Alternative Approaches to Multimedia Ontologies
Mind the Gaps - Finding the Appropriate Dimensional Representation for Semantic Retrieval of Multimedia Assets	p. 229
Filling the Semantic Gap in Video Retrieval: An Exploration	p. 253
Conclusion
Conclusions Relating to Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies	p. 281
Web Resources	p. 285
Index	p. 287
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