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MARS, see Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval System

MatchingHint, 52

MDC, see Multimedia Data Cartridge

MDS, see Multimedia Description Scheme

Media

continuous, 203

Data Store, 203

decomposition, 79, 80

description tools, 56

encoding, 14

noncontinuous, 203

streamer, definition of, 202

Mediacom 2004, 100

MediaInformation, 48, 56

MediaLocator, 46

Median Histogram, 73

MediaTime, 53

MediaWay, 173

Melody, four-note, 90

Metadata, 3, 187

MetadataAdaptationHintType, 123

Metadatabase, 179, 224

MetaSEEk, 161

MHP, see Multimedia Home Platform

Microsoft Research, Tiger video server, 211, 212

Middleware

CORBA, 240

multimedia, 239

MIF, see Multimedia Indexing Framework

MIME media type, 104

MIRROR, see Multimedia information retrieval reducing information overload

MMDBMS, see Multimedia database management system

MM-IR, see MultiMedia IR

Mobile networks, 205, 228

Mobile phones, video, 1

Model(s)

affine motion, 134

algebraic video, 146

Client-Server computing, 129

COBRA, 175

DID, 107

diff-serve, 214

hidden Markov, 141

indexing, core of, 148

Logical Hypervideo Data, 147

MPEG-21, 98, 156

multimedia

data, 145

metadata, 9

REL data, 111, 112

rendering, three-dimensional, 221

society of, 140

VideoSTAR, 145

VIDEX, 148, 149, 178

ModelDescriptionType, 43

MODEST, 137, 138

MONUM object-relational table, 166

MOOL, see Multimedia Object Query Language

Mosaic element, 54

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), 1, 25

Audio Layer-3 URL (M3U), 139

encryption, 216

homepage, 84

interoperable, 125

rights expression language, 111

standards, 126

video compression, 9, 10

MPEG, see Moving Picture Experts Group

MPEG-1

audio compression, 11

video, 41

coding format, 57

compression, principles of, 10

MPEG-2

scalable coding in, 12

syntax, 12

MPEG-4, 25

Audio, 16

AV streams, 221

Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework of, 210

elementary streams, 226

general organization of, 14

layered coding capabilities of, 210

object-based scalability in, 15

video, 14

Visual, 15, 16

MPEG-7, 25–95

Alliance, 93

audio part, 88–93

Audio SpokenContent Tool, 94

description definition language, 31–40

attribute declaration, 33–34

element declaration, 33

element placement, 36

example of DDL usage, 37–40

extensions to XML schema, 36

header documents, 37

header namespaces, 36–37

occurrence constraints, 35–36

types of element content, 35

XML schema datatypes, 36

XML schema overview, 32

XML schema structures, 32–33

XML schema-type definitions, 34–35

DescriptionUnit of, 102

encoding and decoding of MPEG-7

documents for delivery, 86–88

extending description schema of MPEG-7, 84–86

creation of new CS, 84–86

extending existing descriptors and creating new ones, 86

general organization of, 26

headers, 37

Homogeneous Texture Descriptor, 164

Melody Tools of, 161

multimedia database systems and, 28–30

Multimedia Data Cartridge, 181, 183, 184

Multimedia Description Scheme deficiencies, 139

principles for creating MPEG-7 documents, 30–31

Reference Software, 93

Retrieval Demo, 164

root element, 41

Scalable Color Descriptor in, 142

SegmentDecomposition DS, 208

standard, main elements of, 27

step-by-step approach for creating MPEG-7 document, 40–84

choosing MPEG-7 root element, 41–42

choosing MPEG-7 top-level type, 42–45

creation and production tools, 59–62

description of content with SegmentType and subtypes, 46

example scenario, 40–41

media decomposition tools, 79–84

media description tools, 56–59

SegmentType, 46–52

semantic description tools, 75–79

StillRegionType, 54–56

VideoSegmentType, 52–54

visual descriptors, 63–74

StillRegionType, 182

supporting tools and reference software, 93–95

variation descriptors, 225, 226

MPEG-21, 97–128

concepts and structure, 98–102

concepts, 98–99

structure, 99–102

DI Adaptation, 220

DID model, 156

digital item adaptation, 116–125

architecture, 116–118

descriptions, 57

relation between DIA and other parts of MPEG-21, 124–125

schema, 118–124

digital item declaration, 102–110

choice, 108–110

component, 107–108

condition, 109

container, 103–105

item, 106

schema, 102–103

intellectual property management and protection, rights, expression language, and rights and data dictionary, 110–116

DRM use case scenario using MPEG-21 REL, 113–116

rights and data dictionary, 112–113

rights expression language, 111–112

interoperable MPEG, 125–127

ongoing MPEG-21 research projects, 127–128

peer-to-peer-based multimedia system relying on, 201

REL license, 113, 114

standardization activities, 228

user model, 98

M-trees, 142

M3U, see MPEG Audio Layer-3 URL

Multimedia

Analysis and Retrieval System (MARS), 173, 177, 178

billing services, 235

classification, 132, 133

communication, ways of delivery, 213

components, architectural overview of, 8

content, 5–8

Content Description Interface, 40

database(s)

issue of legacy in, 155

semantics in, 236–237

system, first, 185

Data Cartridge (MDC), 181, 183, 184

data modeling, issues, 186

data and multimedia metadata, 9–20

multimedia data, 9–18

multimedia metadata, 18–20

Description Scheme (MDS), 19, 26, 139

Home Platform (MHP), 157

indexing, 131, 132

Indexing Framework (MIF), 182

information retrieval reducing information overload (MIRROR), 175, 176

metadata, 9, 18

middleware, 239–240

Object Query Language (MOOL), 168

query languages, 164, 181, 209

Rights, 113

streaming

rate control, 101

sessions, establishment of, 216

systems, peer-to-peer, 1

Multimedia database management system (MMDBMS), 129–195

content-based retrieval, 158–164

Audio CBR, 161–162

CBR online demos, 163–164

Image CBR, 158

influence of MPEG-7 on CBR, 162–163

use case, 158–159

Video CBR, 159–161

issues on multimedia data modeling, 185

issues on multimedia indexing, querying, and presentation, 185–186

multimedia data models, 145–158

conceptual multimedia data models, 145–149

MPEG-21 digital item, 155–158

multimedia data model implementation and information exchange in distributed multimedia system, 153–155

use case study, 149–153

multimedia indexing, 131–141

multimedia index structures, 141–145

multimedia query languages, optimization, and processing, 164–173

multimedia query optimization, 171–173

multimedia query processing platforms and technologies, 166–168

use case study, 168–171

products, 173–185

MPEG-7 MDC, 181–185

SMOOTH multimedia database, 178–181

MultiMedia IR (MM-IR), 147

MultipleView element, 54, 56

MuscleFish.com, 163

Music Scout service, 1, 239

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