- From: Michael Vernick <vernick@bell-labs.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:13:26 -0500
- To: "'Bryan E. Chafy'" <bchafy@ccs.neu.edu>
- CC: www-smil@w3.org
The MPEG-7 group is also working on methods for indexing multimedia objects. http://drogo.cselt.stet.it/mpeg/standards/mpeg-7/mpeg-7.htm "Budd, S." wrote: > Please look at the RDF specification Resource Description Framework > > http://www.w3.org/Metadata/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bryan E. Chafy [SMTP:bchafy@ccs.neu.edu] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 9:30 PM > > To: www-smil@w3.org > > Subject: SMIL, TIME, or make up my own? > > > > I would like to know what the feasability SMIL, TIME, (other ?) > > markup languages are to building a sort of common indexing or > > cataloging format for media. > > > > On the cdwrite discussion list, > > all of us agree that some sort of common format for > > indexing data on a disk, tape, net-drive, etc is needed. > > For example, when I create an MP3 CD-ROM or a zip disc with a buch > > of images on it (or a combination of these) I want to be able to catalog > > the files in some standardized way. This index/catalog should > > be in a common location with a common name (like INDEX in the root > > directory of the media). > > > > Also as well as coentent labeling, > > some sort of cassification and function should be applied to the files on > > the > > media (for example image, video, audio, streamimage, streamtext). > > For large video files data, timed track/index markers and capability > > for spanning multiple media volumes are needed as well. > > > > I started to make up something of my own: > > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/indexer/indexer.html > > but if SMIL, TIME or some other SGML/XML markup language fits the bill, > > perhaps that would be better.? > > > > But what is better? Is any "w3c approved" language geared toward > > media (think of CDI)? The language needs to be easy to parse as well. > > From what I can tell, SMIL looks like the closest to what I am talking > > about. > > > > Bryan
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