Description: Indexing and information retrieval (IR) or textual and non-textual media depend on shared meaning. The authors of this comprehensive introduction present the challenges of multimedia indexing in the modern world.
Review Quotes: 'The authors state at the onset of the volume that they are building a case that "existing approaches to multimedia retrieval generally start at the wrong place and ignore important issues related to meaning, communication and interpretation". Indeed, the ardor with which they unveil this view comes through in this informative and compelling volume.' Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services, 2006 ' The book would be of interest to postgraduate students with an interest in multimedia information retrieval, or those working in film or photographic archives' Information and Library Science 'This study is, of course, a must book for professional indexers, especially its more technical parts. But it can also offer inspiring reading and some original ideas to all those concerned with the interpretation of meaning in general, in creative works especially and, first of all, non-verbal multimedis texts.' International Review of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music 'This is an interesting book that "attacks" a difficult and important problem - the intractability of which is likely to increase significantly in coming years as we all face the mounting issues of retrieving our personal collections of static images, cuttings, multimedia creations, DVDs and sound recordings.' The Electronic Library Vol 24 No4 2006