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A standardized metadata system for describing the features of multimedia content, addressing a broad spectrum of multimedia applications and requirements.
Overview
As consumers of multimedia have moved from being passive viewers, e.g. watching a DVD, to active users, e.g. searching for an MP3, so there has been a need to create, exchange, retrieve and reuse multimedia information [1]. Such active use relies upon an understanding of the content of multimedia streams. Such understanding is represented by metadata. MPEG-7, formally known as the Multimedia Content Description Interface, provides a standardized scheme for such metadata, which are referred to as descriptionsin the nomenclature of the standard. A broad spectrum of multimedia applications and requirements are addressed and consequently the standard permits both low and...
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Agius, H. (2008). MPEG-7: Multimedia Content Description Interface. In: Furht, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Multimedia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78414-4_41
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