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A Platform for Context-Aware and Digital Rights Management-Enabled Content Adaptation
April 2010 (vol. 17 no. 2)
pp. 74-89
Anna Carreras, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Jaime Delgado, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Eva Rodríguez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Vitor Barbosa, INESC Porto, Portugal
Maria Teresa Andrade, INESC Porto, Portugal
Hemantha Kodikara Arachchi, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Safak Dogan, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Ahmet M. Kondoz, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

This article presents a platform designed for context-aware and digital rights management-enabled content adaptation based on MPEG-21's Digital Item Adaptation scheme and a unique profiling approach.

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Index Terms:
context-aware content adaptation, ontology-based and DRM-enabled adaptation decision, adaptation authorization, MPEG-21, Web services-based interfaces, collaboration application
Citation:
Anna Carreras, Jaime Delgado, Eva Rodríguez, Vitor Barbosa, Maria Teresa Andrade, Hemantha Kodikara Arachchi, Safak Dogan, Ahmet M. Kondoz, "A Platform for Context-Aware and Digital Rights Management-Enabled Content Adaptation," IEEE Multimedia, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 74-89, April 2010, doi:10.1109/MMUL.2009.61
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