Definition
Context-aware multimedia refers to a specific subset of context-aware applications related to multiple media types.
Introduction
Multimedia applications face a variety of media types, from single media types like audio, video, images, text to compositions of these single media forming new multimedia objects. Furthermore, single media as well as composed media very often are to be constructed, retrieved, and interpreted according to a particular context given in an application setting.
In this article, we will first establish the meaning of the concept context-aware multimedia, first defining the terms context and context-awareness. We will then explore four key research aspects of context-aware multimedia, namely: modeling, retrieval, authoring, and presentation.
Context
A survey of the literature reveals several variations in the definition of context. We infer from the common thread of these definitions that context is a very broad concept including more or less anything...
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We would like to acknowledge contributions for the series of articles linked to this article from our group members (in alphabetical order): Bernhard Haslhofer, Wolfgang Jochum, Bernhard Schandl, Karin Schellner, Maia Zaharieva, and Sonja Zillner.
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Klas, W., King, R. (2008). Context-Aware Multimedia. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_281
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