Existing multimedia document models like HTML, MHEG, SMIL, and HyTime lack appropriate modeling primitives to fit the needs of next generation multimedia applications which bring ...
Multimedia documents are of importance in several application areas, such as education, training, advertising and entertainment. Since multimedia documents may comprise continuous...
Modality conversion is an important part in the content adaptation process of a Universal Multimedia Access system. The decision on modality conversion is dependent on terminal/ne...
Network Multimedia data also need to be encrypted to protect private content and access control. Considering performance constraints and embedded system issues, many hardware solu...
New devices gaining access to the Internet need to obtain multimedia content adapted to their limited capacities. Scalable formats allow to retrieve different versions of a single...