JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(10): 1775-1791, doi: 10.3217/jucs-014-10-1775
The Need for Formalizing Media Semantics in the Games and Entertainment Industry
expand article infoTobias Bürger‡
‡ Semantic Technology Institute Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Corresponding author: Tobias Bürger ( tobias.buerger@sti2.at )

© Tobias Bürger.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Bürger T (2008) The Need for Formalizing Media Semantics in the Games and Entertainment Industry. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 14(10): 1775-1791. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-014-10-1775
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Abstract
The digital media and games industry is one of the biggest IT based indus-tries worldwide. Recent observations therein showed that current production workflows may be potentially improved as multimedia objects are mostly created from scratch due to insu±cient reusability capacities of existing tools. In this paper we provide reasons for that, provide a potential solution based on semantic technologies, show the potential of ontologies, and provide scenarios for the application of semantic technologies in the digital media and games industry.
Keywords
multimedia semantics, digital entertainment, ontologies, semantic search