MPEG-7: Standard Metadata for Multimedia Content

Published

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Wo L. Chang

Abstract

The XML metadata technology of describing media contents has emerged as a dominant mode of making media searchable both for human and machine consumptions. To realize this promise, many online Web applications are pushing this concept to its full potential. However, a good metadata model does require a robust standardization effort so that the metadata content and its structure can reach its maximum usage between various applications. An effective media content description technology should also use standard metadata structures especially when dealing with various multimedia contents. A new metadata technology called MPEG-7 content description has taken off from the ISO MPEG standards body with the charter of defining standard metadata to describe audiovisual content. This paper will give an overview of MPEG-7 technology and what impact it can bring forth to the next generation of multimedia indexing and retrieval applications.

Proceedings Title

SPIE Conference

Conference Dates

August 1, 2005

Conference Location

August 2005,

Conference Title

SPIE

Pub Type

Conferences

Keywords

content description, information retrieval, metadata, MPEG-7, standard metadata, XML

Citation

Chang, W. (2005), MPEG-7: Standard Metadata for Multimedia Content, SPIE Conference, August 2005, (Accessed January 14, 2026)