Marcus Herzog TU - Wien

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Workplan Review
Scheduled Workpackages 1997
1998 Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
Apr. May Jun.
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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP1
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader TU-Wien Status finished
• Results D1.1
• Analysis of competence model within content
  industry
• Placement of SIT-MOON environment
• Basis for exploitation activities

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP1
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader PoliMi Status finished
• Results D1.2, Part 12
• Definition of criteria and metrics for
  evaluation of
• MM development process and MM applications/produc
  ts
• MM authoring tools (online/off-line)

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 1
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader TU-Wien Status ongoing
• Results D1.3
• Observe market and related projects to
• adjust strategy to react on latest developments
• establish external cooperation

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 2
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader S.Paolo, Arista, Pan Status finished
• Results Preview D 2.1
• Define the MM trial applications content
• choose relevant material
• prepare the production process

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 2
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Siemens Status finished
• Results Preview D 2.1
• Setup of SIT-MOON environment at trial-app.
  sites
• prepare for integration task
• needed for the data preparation task

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 2
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader S.Paolo, Arista, Pan Status ongoing
• Results Preview D 2.1
• Prepare multimedia assets and structuring model
• to be used in trial applications
• to gather feedback and hands-on experience

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 3
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Edit4 Status ongoing
• Results Preview D 3.1
• Define the process models in MM publishing
• how to work within SIT-MOON (users view)
• basis for functional specification

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 3
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Siemens Status ongoing
• Results work in progress
• Provide the technological foundation
• investigate standards
• define modes of integration

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 3
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Robotiker Status ongoing
• Results work in progress
• Define the SIT-MOON environment
• definition of open application interface
• definition of integration modules

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 6
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Siemens Status ongoing
• Results (D 1.1), Communications
• Disseminate the integrated SIT-MOON environment
• Define the target market
• Diffuse information

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Workplan Review

• Scheduled Tasks WP 7
• 1997 1998
• Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

• Leader Siemens Status ongoing
• Results D 7.1
• Manage the project
• reach milestone 1 in time
• ensure strategic development

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Workplan Review

• Forecast next 6 months
• 1998
• Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

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Permanent Observation D1.3

• Permanent Observation Task 1.3
• Purpose
• latest technology and market development
• common ground for consortium decisions
• adapt workplan if needed
• Where we observe
• online news sites
• journals and magazines
• professional and corporate web sites
• fares, conferences, etc..

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Permanent Observation D1.3

• Fields of Interest

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Permanent Observation D1.3

• Digital Media
• MPEG 4
• Apple QuickTime file format
• MPEG 2
• HW/SW encoder/decoder
• Compression Scheme for DVB and DVD
• Multimedia Authoring Tools
• Very fast moving market -gt open interface
• First DVD authoring tools

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Permanent Observation D1.3

• Multimedia Archive Solutions
• Siemens Nixdorf SAT1
• Informix RAI
• Mediaware dbFlix MPEG2 Asset Managmt.
• Multimedia Distribution Channels
• Online
• ISDN (64kb/s), DSL (1,5 Mb/s), MCNS (30 Mb/s)
• Satellite Broadcast
• Offline
• Transition from CD-ROM to DVD (85 in 2003)

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Permanent Observation D1.3

• Conclusion
• MPEG 2 important for broadcasting
• MPEG 4 (Spec end 1998) for web apps
• circumvent unstable tools market through
  application interface definition
• rise in bandwidth and storage space-gt market for
  media asset management tools will grow-gt
  integration of authoring tools for
  exploitation of media assets is key aspect