Index_D

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D

D, see Descriptor

Data

access, 129, 141

dictionary, 98, 110, 112

independence, 129

modeling, 129

Partitioning (DP), 141, 142, 143

retrieval, 129

transcoding, 222

Database(s)

creation, 129

Leiden 19th-Century Portrait, 163

mobile, 238

multimedia

first, 185

issue of legacy in, 155

semantics in, 236

SMOOTH, 177, 178

Shape Queries Using Image, 164

system, retrieval of multimedia data from, 186

video, 145

Datatype codes, 87

DB2 Image Extender, 174

DBMS

main task of, 8

object-relational, 152

uniform query interface of, 153

DCT, see Discrete Cosine Transform

DDL, see Description definition language

Deadman protocol, 212

Declustering factor, 212

Decomposition tree, 81, 82

Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework (DIMF), 16, 210

DependencyStructure, 50

Description(s)

binary format of, 84

tools, semantic, 75

Description definition language (DDL), 26, 28, 63

CLD, 72

example, 32, 37

MPEG-7, 31, 84

Multimedia Content Description Interface, 40

Description scheme (DS), 27, 133

AgentObject, 75

AudioSignature, 91, 162

AudioVisualRegion, 89

Concept, 75

CreationInformation, 59

Event, 75

MediaLocator, 154

MediaSourceSegmentDecomposition, 80

Melody, 89

MelodyContour, 90

MelodySequence, 90, 91, 161

Mosaic, 30, 31

Object, 75

SegmentDecomposition, 208

SegmentDecompositionType, 79

SemanticPlace, 75, 77

SemanticRelation, 75, 77

SemanticState, 75

SemanticTime, 75, 77

SpatialSegmentDecomposition, 80

SpatioTemporalSegmentDecomposition, 80

StillRegion, 31, 46, 79, 81

structural, 27, 75

TemporalSegmentDecomposition, 80

UsageRecord, 49

VideoSegment, 30, 31, 46, 79

Descriptor (D), 27, 154

Classification, 59, 62

Creation, 59

extending existing, 86

MediaFormat, 57

MediaInstance, 57

MediaQuality, 57

MediaTranscodingHints, 57

RelatedMaterial, 59, 62

DI, see Digital item

DIA, see Digital item adaptation

DID, see Digital item adaptation

DIDConfigurationPreferencesType, 124

Diff-serv model, 214

Digital item (DI), 97, 98, 187, 200

adaptation (DIA), 100, 116, 238

architecture, 116, 117

elements, 125

Engine, 116, 124, 125

relation between MPEG-21 parts and, 124

schema, 120

Content, 124

declaration (DID), 98, 99, 102

adaptation tools, 117, 118

component description fragment of, 107

Identifiers, 125

metadata integration capacity of, 108

model, 107, 156

Schema, 102

Identification (DII), 99

Methods (DIMs), 101

processing (DIP), 100

resource adaptation tools, 117

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), 101

Digital rights management (DRM), 98, 111, 240

Digital television, 227

broadcast, 29

networks, 128

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), 157, 217

Digital Video Multimedia Group, 138

DII, see Digital item adaptation

DIMF, see Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework

DIMs, see Digital item Methods

DIP, see DI processing

Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), 10

-based reduction methods, 141

coefficient scaling, 222

two-dimensional image signal, 11

DISIMA, see Distributed Multimedia DBMS

Disk scheduling strategy, 206

Distance education, 227

Distributed multimedia database systems, 197–234

architectural considerations, 197–202

chapter roadmap, 202

C-S system, 197–199

MPEG-21-based architecture, 201–202

peer-to-peer system, 199–201

client-design issues, 217–219

content adaptation, 219–227

adaptive proxy cache, 226

adaptive query and presentation interface, 226–227

adaptive routers, 226

adaptive virtual video server, 224–226

metadatabase, 224

use case, 224

mobility, 237–239

multimedia communication, 213–216

multimedia session protocols, 215–216

real-time delivery supporting protocols, 214–215

reliable multimedia communication, 216

reservation-based versus reservationless protocols, 214

secure multimedia communication, 216

video servers and streaming, 203–213

adaptive continuous multimedia streaming, 210

admission control, 206

architectures of video servers, 210–211

disk scheduling strategy, 206–207

example video server, 211–213

load balancing, 205–206

presentation management, 209–210

server, proxy, and client caching, 207–209

striping policy, 205

Distributed Multimedia DBMS (DISIMA), 168, 176

DivX codec, 15

DMIF, see Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework

DOIs, see Digital Object Identifiers

DominantColor description, 65

Double buffering technique, 207

DP, see Data Partitioning

DRM, see Digital rights management

DS, see Description scheme

Dublin Core, 18, 19, 97, 155

DVB, see Digital Video Broadcasting

DVB-MHP, see DVB-multimedia home platform

DVB-multimedia home platform (DVB-MHP), 217

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