MIDS, a system for describing image content graphically for multimedia design

The first step in creating an electronic multimedia design such as an electronic book or a hypermedia document is gathering the material. As multimedia information becomes electronically accessible, multimedia designers will need to find the material for their application interactively. This thesis introduces the concept of content-knowledgeable media, detailing its creation and representation and shows how contentknowledgeable media can enhance the information gathering process through implicit, reconfigurable links to related material. A model and a system for describing content knowledge in images is proposed as a basis for a common representation of content information across multimedia objects. Thesis Supervisor: Title: Muriel Cooper Professor of Visual Studies The work reported herein was supported by NYNEX and Hewlett Packard.