A Scalable Approach to Continuous-Media Processing

Techniques that emphasize software reuse and scalability are becoming more important than ever. In this paper we present a component-basedmodel for continuous-mediaapplications. Components encapsulate expert knowledge and facilitate reuse. They provide a toolkit that is used to create a wide range of continuous-media applications. Our model is scalable in several dimensions: media transformations, number of processors, number of configurations, media types, and processing and communication requirements. The paper is organized as a catalog of four software patterns. It is our belief that developers and researchers working on continuous-media applications can benefit from and apply software patterns as well.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: RIDE
• Authors: Dragos-Anton Manolescu, Klara Nahrstedt
• Keywords: Continuous-media Applications, Document Analysis, RIDE 1998, Software Patterns, Software Reuse