DS-8 1999: Rotorua, New Zealand

Robert Meersman, Zahir Tari, Scott M. Stevens (Eds.): Database Semantics - Semantic Issues in Multimedia Systems, IFIP TC2/WG2.6 Eighth Working Conference on Database Semantics (DS-8), Rotorua, New Zealand, January 4-8, 1999. IFIP Conference Proceedings 138 Kluwer 1998, ISBN 0-7923-8405-9

@proceedings{DBLP:conf/ds/1999,
  editor    = {Robert Meersman and
               Zahir Tari and
               Scott M. Stevens},
  title     = {Database Semantics - Semantic Issues in Multimedia Systems, IFIP
               TC2/WG2.6 Eighth Working Conference on Database Semantics (DS-8),
               Rotorua, New Zealand, January 4-8, 1999},
  booktitle = {DS-8},
  publisher = {Kluwer},
  series    = {IFIP Conference Proceedings},
  volume    = {138},
  year      = {1998},
  isbn      = {0-7923-8405-9},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Keynotes

Ramesh Jain: Semantic Interactivity in Presence Systems. 1-2
Masao Sakauchi: Towards Construction of the Multimedia Mediation Mechanism. 3-15
Hermann A. Maurer: Can WWW be Successful? 17-25

Regular Presentations

Karl Aberer, Silvia Hollfelder: Resource Prediction and Admission Control for Interactive Video. 27-41
Gulrukh Ahanger, Thomas D. C. Little: Data Semantics for Improving Retrieval Performance of Digital News Video Systems. 47-64
Nailja Luth, Andrea Miene, Peter Alshuth: Syntactical and Semantical Description of Video Sequences. 65-84
Uma Srinivasan, Craig A. Lindley, Bill Simpson-Young: A Multi-Model Framework for Video Information Systems. 85-108
Mohamed Tahar Meharga, Corinne Plazanet, Stefano Spaccapietra: COSIS: A Content-Oriented Shoeprint Identification System. 109-122
Simone Santini, Ramesh Jain, Amarnath Gupta: A User Interface for Emergent Sementics in Image Databases. 123-143
Vera Goebel, Ilan Eini, Ketil Lund, Thomas Plagemann: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of TOOMM: A Temporal Object-Oriented Multimedia Data Model. 145-168
Ioannis Kostalas, Timos K. Sellis, Michalis Vazirgiannis: Spatiotemporal Specification & Verification of Multimedia Scenarios. 169-188
Susanne Boll, Wolfgang Klas: ZYX - A Semantic Model for Multimedia Documents and Presentations. 189-209
Didier Dubois, Henri Prade, Florence Sedes: Fuzzy Logic Techniques in Multimedia Databases. 211-229
Vincent Oria, M. Tamer Özsu, Duane Szafron, Paul Iglinski: Defining Views in an Image Database System. 231-250
Jae-Woo Chang: 3D Iconic Image Representation Scheme. 251-269
F. Moelaert El-Hadidy, H. J. G. de Poot, D. D. Velthausz: Multimedia Information Retrieval Framework: From Theory to Practice. 271-290
Sean Bechhofer, Carole A. Goble: Classification Based Navigation and Retrieval. 291-310
Amit P. Sheth, Kshitij Shah: Searching Distributed and Heterogeneous Digital Media. 311-330
Ernesto Damiani, Barbara Oliboni, Letizia Tanca, D. Veronese: Using WG-log Schemata to Represent Semistructured Data. 331-349
Stefan Decker, Michael Erdmann, Dieter Fensel, Rudi Studer: Ontobroker: Ontology Based Access to Distributed and Semi-Structured Information. 351-369
Dick C. A. Bulterman, Lloyd Rutledge, Lynda Hardman, Jacco van Ossenbruggen: Adaptive and Adaptible Semantics. 371-391
Jonathan Walpole, Ling Liu, David Maier, Calton Pu, Charles Krasic: Quality of Service Semantics for Multimedia Database Systems. 393-412
Gerald Sterling, Tharam S. Dillon, Elizabeth Chang: Semantics of a Multimedia Database for Support within Synthetic Environments for Multiple Sensor Systems. 413-434
Aya Soffer, Hanan Samet: Two Data Organizations for Storing Symbolic Images in a Relational Database System. 435-45x