Reusable Intelligent Content Objects with context-aware behaviours for selfadaptive use and delivery across different Media platforms

handed in at the FH JOANNEUM
Department of Informations-Design

submitted in June 2006 by
Georg Woi
Mitterling 56
8490 Bad Radkersburg

Supervisor
DI Dr. Maja Pivec

Abstract:

In my thesis I focus on the definition of detailed system requirements as well as an application concept for an "Intelligent Content Objects" software. "Intelligent Content" refers to multimedia objects which self-adapt to given genres and output media. I analyse different media types in order to obtain their specific compatibility requirements and workflow improvement potential. Based on requirements and improvement potential I design the software concept and explain its functionality.

The examination of each media type includes a description of the conventional production workflow, the standard software in use and the output and data formats of each medium.

Next I describe which possible production workflow improvement "intelligent content" software could bring to the content creators. Finally I point out which functionalities have to be implemented in the software in order to perform the desired workflow improvements.

The three most important functional strengths the software product would have to provide to enable re-use and self-adaptation of multimedia assets across different platforms are: Firstly, extensive import and export functionality to integrate in existing production environments, secondly generation of automated behaviour for characters and objects and thirdly efficient data retrieval and annotation algorithms. The software has potential to improve production workflows of various media but might be most beneficial for the process of animating virtual characters.