Multimedia documents differ significantly from traditional documents composed of text and geometric graphics. The introduction of continuous media such as audio, video, and computer-generated graphics imposes new requirements on document representation and information storage. We designed an architecture for creating multimedia documents by means of a logical structure, a layout structure, and a rendering scenario, which is a schedule for document playback.
Contact: Ahmed Karmouch, Multimedia Information Research Library, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5, (613) 562-5800 x6203, e-mail karmouch@elg.uottawa.ca.