Re: Annotation of Timed Text

At 12:06 -0400 6/25/03, John Hanna wrote:
>On Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:02 PM Glenn A. Adams said...
>>  We haven't discussed annotating. Could you give some concrete
>>  use case scenarios?

Isn't "annotation" another word for "meta-data" or do you see these 
as distinct?  It seems that many domains may need domain-specific 
data associated with the timed-text.

>
>Consider the use of digital video (including audio) for research and
>education. A video is observed and interpreted from a particular
>perspective, and a Timed Text record made of the interpretation. The record
>could be a complex structure, akin to descriptive captioning, with
>transcriptions of dialog, descriptions of movement and events, etc. This
>would be displayed in a browser or media viewer panel synchronized with the
>video. For research, review comments about the interpretation would annotate
>the record and be presented in the timed display. For Education,
>supplementary hints about how to view the scenes and pick out the referenced
>aspects, or even instructor notes, would annotate the record and optionally
>be presented in the timed display. Of course the record and annotations
>could also be viewed in a non-timed manner. To emphasize the video aspects
>associated with the timed text, an overlay of tracking highlights could mark
>video objects and be keyed (e.g., by color) to the text.
>
>Another example would be for an animated storyboard or movie, with the
>screenplay presented in timed text (although there may not be a screenplay
>DTD/schema yet). Annotations would pertain to hints or comments for all the
>different production roles, or for cinema studies.
>
>From a human factors perspective, having labels and descriptions closer and
>more directly associated with the video objects would be best. Possibly the
>timed text dialog should be displayable in a talk-balloon that moves with
>the speaker. Is that within the scope of ways timed text can be presented,
>or is it moving into animation?
>
>Regards,
>John Hanna


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David Singer
Apple Computer/QuickTime

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