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Audiovisual content description using semantic scene representation
Journal of Digital Media Management,
8
(1),
47-57
(2019)
Abstract
This paper describes the development of software to provide semantic descriptions of audiovisual content. Through its reliance on Semantic Web technologies, this new software will achieve a much higher level of formalisation than systems based on free text. The paper describes the first deliverable of the project — the AudioVisual Semantics ontology — which addresses the formal representation of the descriptions. The ontology has been modelled using OWL and SKOS vocabularies so that the description elements can be extended more easily. The ontology is now in the process of final validation. It will then be implemented in the VSN media asset management system to test its effectiveness and speed for cataloguing audiovisual content.
Keywords: Semantic Web; unambiguous cataloguing; formal cataloguing; language-agnostic cataloguing
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Author's Biography
Juan-Antonio Pastor-Sánchez is an associate professor in the University of Murcia’s Department of Information and Documentation, where he is also responsible for the coordination of information systems. His teaching and research focus on the Semantic Web, knowledge organisation and web content management. He has previously worked as a documentalist and information services developer.
Virginia Bazán-Gil is a project manager at the RTVE Archive, where she leads innovation projects relating to image recognition and the automatic generation of metadata. As a member of the RTVE Chair at the University of Zaragoza, she is also involved with speech technologies. She is an elected member of the FIAT/IFTA Executive Council and a member of the FIAT/IFTA Media Studies Commission. She has previously worked as an assistant professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid.
Manuel Escribano is Chief Technology Officer for VSN, where he has been working for more than 23 years, developing innovative IT solutions for broadcast, media and entertainment industries. He joined VSN as Head of MCR and News Production Solutions and led the development of the company’s flagship media asset management system, VSNEXPLORER. He has contributed to the development of the Advanced Media Workflow Association interoperable framework of media services and has participated in several European projects relating to the management of audiovisual files and metadata.
