Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE
(ISSN 1009-3095, Monthly)

2005   Vol. 6A   No. 11   p.1201-1203

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Digital libraries: A testbed for multimedia technology

ZHUANG Yue-ting

(School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China)
 E-mail: yzhuang@cs.zju.edu.cn
Received Sept. 20, 2005; revision accepted Oct. 8, 2005

Abstract: A distinguishing edfeature of thata digital library has is that it has possesses Terabyte volumes of multimedia resources. One challenge for researchers in the field of multimedia is to find a testbed for showing whichdemonstratethe potentials of multimedia technologies such as video summarization, semantic annotation, multimedia cross indexing and retrieval, and etcso on. Ddeeper inresearch and wider in applications, of indigital libraries revealed their indispensable role as testbed for , one fact is certain: the digital library is becoming a test bed for multimedia technologies. This paper presents challenging issues of some key techniques usemployed in digital libraries and their , its specific needs for multimedia technologies.

Key words: Digital library, Multimedia technology, CADAL (China-America Digital Academic Library)
doi:10.1631/jzus.2005.A1201             CLC number: TP391