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HeiMAT is a toolkit that supports the development of distributed multimedia applications. It provides adaptable communication services, distribution transparency, and cross platform interconnectivity (between various operating and window systems). HeiMAT makes extensive use of product and prototype level available multimedia communications and operating system environments. This paper motivates the major design decisions and presents the system structure of HeiMAT.
We would like to thank Ralf Guido Herrtwich for his many useful comments on an earlier version of this paper.
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Käppner, T., Hehmann, D., Steinmetz, R. (1993). An introduction to HeiMAT: The Heidelberg multimedia application toolkit. In: Venkat Rangan, P. (eds) Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video. NOSSDAV 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 712. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57183-3_40
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