15 Introduction Multimedia Content: Context Multimedia Systems and Databases (Multi)Media Data and Multimedia Metadata Purpose and Organization of the Book MPEG-7: The Multimedia Content Description Standard Introduction MPEG-7 and Multimedia Database Systems Principles for Creating MPEG-7 Documents MPEG-7 Description Definition Language Step-by-Step Approach for Creating an MPEG-7 Document Extending the Description Schema of MPEG-7 Encoding and Decoding of MPEG-7 Documents for Delivery-Binary Format for MPEG-7 Audio Part of MPEG-7 MPEG-7 Supporting Tools and Reference Software MPEG-21: The Multimedia Framework Standard MPEG-21 Concepts and Structure Digital Item Declaration Intellectual Property Management and Protection, Rights Expression Language, and Rights and Data Dictionary Digital Item Adaptation Interoperable MPEG: From MPEG-1 to MPEG-21 Ongoing MPEG-21 Research Projects Multimedia Database Management Systems Multimedia Indexing Multimedia Index Structures Multimedia Data Models: Implementation and Communication Content-Based Retrieval Multimedia Query Languages, Optimization, and Processing Multimedia Database Management System Products Summary Distributed Multimedia Database Systems Architectural Considerations Video Servers and Streaming Multimedia Communication Client-Design Issues Content Adaptation Summary Concluding Remarks Summary of the Book Semantics in Multimedia Databases Mobility Multimedia Middleware Appendix A Abbreviations and Acronyms Index
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