MRML: an extensible communication protocol for interoperability and benchmarking of multimedia information retrieval systems

Wolfgang Mueller; Henning Mueller; Stephane Marchand-Maillet; Thierry Pun; David McG. Squire; Zoran Pecenovic; Christoph Giess; Arjen P. de Vries

doi:10.1117/12.403795

11 October 2000 MRML: an extensible communication protocol for interoperability and benchmarking of multimedia information retrieval systems

Wolfgang Mueller, Henning Mueller, Stephane Marchand-Maillet, Thierry Pun, David McG. Squire, Zoran Pecenovic, Christoph Giess, Arjen P. de Vries

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Proceedings Volume 4210, Internet Multimedia Management Systems; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.403795
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

While in the area of relational databases interoperability is ensured by common communication protocols (e.g. ODBC/JDBC using SQL), Content Based Image Retrieval Systems (CBIRS) and other multimedia retrieval systems are lacking both a common query language and a common communication protocol. Besides its obvious short term convenience, interoperability of systems is crucial for the exchange and analysis of user data. In this paper, we present and describe an extensible XML-based query markup language, called MRML (Multimedia Retrieval markup Language). MRML is primarily designed so as to ensure interoperability between different content-based multimedia retrieval systems. Further, MRML allows researchers to preserve their freedom in extending their system as needed. MRML encapsulates multimedia queries in a way that enable multimedia (MM) query languages, MM content descriptions, MM query engines, and MM user interfaces to grow independently from each other, reaching a maximum of interoperability while ensuring a maximum of freedom for the developer. For benefitting from this, only a few simple design principles have to be respected when extending MRML for one's f\private needs. The design of extensions withing the MRML framework will be described in detail in the paper. MRML has been implemented and tested for the CBIRS Viper, using the user interface Snake Charmer. Both are part of the GNU project and can be downloaded at our site.

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Wolfgang Mueller, Henning Mueller, Stephane Marchand-Maillet, Thierry Pun, David McG. Squire, Zoran Pecenovic, Christoph Giess, and Arjen P. de Vries "MRML: an extensible communication protocol for interoperability and benchmarking of multimedia information retrieval systems", Proc. SPIE 4210, Internet Multimedia Management Systems, (11 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.403795

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