Title: Preservation of interactive multimedia performances

Authors: Kia Ng, Tran Vu Pham, Bee Ong, Alexander Mikroyannidis, David Giaretta

Addresses: Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), School of Computing and School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. ' Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), School of Computing and School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. ' Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), School of Computing and School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. ' Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music (ICSRiM), School of Computing and School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. ' STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK

Abstract: Preservation of Interactive Multimedia Performances (IMPs) is becoming important, as they are getting more and more popular in the performing arts communities. Preservation requires keeping not only all the necessary components for the production of a performance but also the knowledge about these components so that the original production process can be repeated at any given time. Ontologies provide the means for semantic processing, cataloguing and querying on preserved digital objects. In this paper, a framework for digital preservation of IMPs is introduced. The framework is based on the use of ontologies for describing the complex relationships among different components of a performance to support its preservation.

Keywords: digital preservation; IMP; interactive multimedia performances; ontologies; performing arts; semantic processing; cataloguing; querying; search.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2008.023567

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2008 Vol.3 No.3, pp.183 - 196

Published online: 28 Feb 2009 *

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