A Multimedia Ontology Driven Architecture framework (MODA) for networked multimedia systems

Heterogeneous multimedia environments make difficult the automatic deployment and interoperability of networked multimedia systems. Diversity of languages, protocols, and hardware platforms lead to major incompatibility issues. Moreover, dynamic multimedia systems instantiation and configuration guided by user and community requirements and preferences are not easy to be performed in this context. This work introduces an ontology framework for automatic networked multimedia systems deployment and configuration driven by the requirements and preferences of the users. A case study illustrating how networked multimedia systems can be dynamically deployed is presented in order to demonstrate the advantages of using this framework.