Pauline Rafferty, Rob Hidderley

Indexing Multimedia and Creative Works (eBook, PDF)

The Problems of Meaning and Interpretation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Indexing and information retrieval (IR) or textual and non-textual media depend on shared meaning. The authors of this comprehensive introduction present the challenges of multimedia indexing in the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351928137
• Artikelnr.: 47955772

Autorenporträt

Rob Hidderley worked in industry prior to becoming a lecturer in 1985. His background in information systems and database management led him to his interest in the problems of storing and retrieving multimedia information. A member of the British Computer Society from 1986 and a Chartered Engineer since 1990, Rob is currently a Principal Lecturer in the School of Computing at the University of Central England, Birmingham, and his current teaching and research interests are in the areas of multimedia information retrieval, 'interactive fiction' and 'internet democracy'. Pauline Rafferty is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Central England, Birmingham. Pauline also taught at the University of Northumbria. Before moving into teaching, she worked in information research and media librarianship. She became interested in multimedia indexing while working in the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama's library as a drama librarian. Her current teaching and research interests are in the areas of multimedia information retrieval, representations of knowledge and classification theory. Pauline is a chartered member of CILIP. Jointly, Rob and Pauline have been researching problems in multimedia indexing, and possible solutions. They have developed an original approach to the indexing of multimedia artefacts, described in this book, which they call 'Democratic Indexing' Together they have published journal articles and conference papers in the area of image and multimedia retrieval and Democratic Indexing.