Content: Introduction The Multimedia Wave Semantic Multimedia Web: Bridging the Semantic Gap Multimedia Web Ontology Language Organization of the Book Ontology and the Semantic Web Introduction Evolution of the Semantic Web Semantic Web Technologies What is an Ontology Formal Ontology Definition Ontology Representation Conclusions Characterizing Multimedia Semantics Introduction A First Look at Multimedia Semantics Percepts, Concepts, Knowledge and Expressions Representing Multimedia Semantics Semantic Web Technologies and Multimedia Conclusions Ontology Representations for Multimedia Introduction An Overview of MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 MPEG-7 Ontologies Using MPEG-7 Ontology for Applications Multimedia Concept Modeling Ontology Applications Conclusions Multimedia Web Ontology Language Introduction Perceptual Modeling of Domains An Overview of the Multimedia Web Ontology Language MOWL: Concepts, Media Observables and Media Relations MOWL: Spatio-temporal Constructs for Complex Events MOWL Language Constructs The Observation Model MOWL Inferencing Framework Reasoning Modes with Bayesian Network and MOWL Conclusions Modeling the Semantics of Multimedia Content Introduction Data Driven Learning for Multimedia Semantics Extraction Media Features for Semantic Modeling Semantic Classification of Multimedia Content Use of Ontology for Semantic Classification Conclusions Learning Multimedia Ontology Introduction State of the Art in Ontology Learning Learning an Ontology from Multimedia Data Ontology-based Management of Multimedia Resources Application of Multimedia Ontology Learning Concluding Remarks Applications Exploiting Multimedia Semantics Introduction Multimedia Retrieval and Classification Recommendation of Media-rich Commodities Information Integration from Open Resources Conclusion Distributed Multimedia Applications Introduction Challenges for Web-scale Multimedia Data Access Architectures for Distributed Multimedia Data Processing Peer-to-Peer Architecture Multi-agent Architecture for Distributed Multimedia Systems Ontology Alignment Knowledge-based Access to Massively Distributed Multimedia Conclusion Application of Multimedia Ontology in Heritage Preservation Introduction Preserving the Intangible Heritage of Indian Classical Dance Intellectual Journey: Space-Time Traversal Using an Ontology Cross-modal Query and Retrieval Conclusion Open Problems and Future Directions Knowledge and Human Society Knowledge Organization and Formal Representation The Perceptual World and MOWL The Big Debate: Data Driven vs. Knowledge Driven Approaches Looking Forward: Convergence Between Knowledge-based and Data Appendices A: MOWL Schema in Notation B: MOWL Syntax Structural Specification C: Examples of WSDL Specification for Media Pattern Detectors
