An Object Server Supporting Metadata for Video Intensive Internet-Based Access

The use of video and other media type objects is now not the sole concern of the film and television industries. The construction industry in particular is now making use of these objects in various ways from project proposal and planning through approval to final completion of contracts. The requirements for such industries may be generalised and a distributed architecture built, primarily using the Internet, to serve the needs of these projects. This architecture must enable potentially very large collections of objects to be managed in a secure environment with distributed responsibilities held by many sub-contractors. — Various system management requirements arise. It is necessary do dynamically select the appropriate networking technologies and incorporate these transparently. The users should receive from the system the information they require in order to ensure a given quality of service for their needs. — Metadata must be managed in a way that enables its instantiation to evolve as standardisation occurs. Its use must however be immediately possible. A robust and tight binding mechanism is provided. — A replication service is provided. User objects may use this in addition to its use by the system.

Published

2001-02

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00357

ISBN

978-1-61482-934-8