Semantically connected web resources with MPEG-21

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

H. Castro (Author) FEUP; M. T. Andrade (Author) FEUP; F. Almeida (Author) Other; G. Tropea (Author) Other; N. Blefari Melazzi (Author) Other; A. S. Mousas (Author) Other; D. I. Kaklamani (Author) Other; L. CL. Chiariglionehiariglione (Author) Other; A. Difino (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Multimedia Tools and Applications

Vol. 74 No. 2

Pages: 439-462

ISSN: 1380-7501

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-7N8

DOI: 10.1007/s11042-014-1918-1

Abstract (EN): The Web is rapidly becoming the prime medium for human socialization. The resources that enable that process (social web sites, blogs, media objects, etc.) present growing complexity and, collectively, weave an ever more intricate web of relationships. Current technology for declaring those relationships is predominantly implicit, ambiguous and semantically poor. As a consequence, their automatic assessment is complex and error prone, preventing the satisfaction of users¿ needs such as effective semantic searches. To address these limitations, whilst enabling the explicit declaration of semantically unambiguous relationships between digital resources, a solution employing structured semantic descriptors and ontologies was conceived, based on MPEG-21. This paper explains the functioning of the devised mechanism, and goes beyond that, into the definition of two novel employment venues for it, at the service of two real-world usage scenarios. These demonstrate the mechanism¿s added value as a powerful alternative for the semantically aware interconnection of web resources, and highlight the increased QoE that said mechanism enables.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 24