MPEG-7-Based Semantic Indexing of Film Heritage Audiovisual Content

Th e fl exibility of the MPEG-7 standard makes it appropriate for many application areas without imposing strict constraints on the metadata models of these sectors. Its fl exibility relies strongly on the structuring tools and allows the description to be modular and on diff erent levels of abstraction. MPEG-7 supports fi ne-grained descriptions, allowing the attachment of descriptors to arbitrary segments in any level of detail.