The role of high-level and low-level features in semi-automated retrieval and generation of multimedia presentations
Frank Nack, Menzo Windhouwer, Eric Pauwels, M. W.J.H. Huijberts, Lynda Hardman · Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands · 2001
In this article we argue that for the automatic generation of adaptive multimedia presentations we are in need of expandable, adaptable style descriptions which provide both high-level conceptual and low-level feature extraction information. Only the combination of both facilitates the retrieval of adequate material and its user-centred presentation. We discuss the requirements for an adaptable Web-based environment for museums presenting visual artefacts. We then present the framework of our prototype multimedia generation environment which transforms a high-level user query into a concrete multimedia final-form encoding that is playable on an end-users' platform. We describe the underlying architecture and provide a working example.