EMMA - A Query Algebra for Enhanced Multimedia Meta Objects

EMMA - A Query Algebra for Enhanced Multimedia Meta Objects

Abstract

Enhanced Multimedia Meta Objects (EMMOs) are a novel approach to multimedia content modeling, combining media, semantic relationships between those media, as well as functionality on the media, such as rendering, into tradeable knowledge-enriched units of multimedia content.For the processing of EMMOs and the knowledge they contain, suitable querying facilities are required.In this paper, we present EMMA, an expressive query algebra that is adequate and complete with regard to the EMMO model. EMMA offers a rich set of formally-defined, orthogonal query operators that give access to all aspects of EMMOs, enable query optimization, and allow the representation of elementary ontology knowledge within queries. Thereby, EMMA provides a sound and adequate foundation for the realization of powerful EMMO querying facilities.

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Authors
  • Zillner, Sonja
  • Westermann, Gerd Utz
  • Winiwarter, Werner
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  • © Springer
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Category
Paper in Conference Proceedings or in Workshop Proceedings
Event Title
Third International Conference on Ontologies, Databases and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE 2004)
Divisions
Multimedia Information Systems
Event Location
Larnaca, Cyprus
Event Type
Conference
Event Dates
2004-10-25
Series Name
Springer Verlag LNCS proceedings
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Date
October 2004
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