1. IST- 2001-320015 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany - Electronic Publishing Group - Computing Centre / University Library Susanne Dobratz, 29. March 2003, Berlin,3rd OAForum Workshop Breakout Session: Metadata for Multimedia Objects Facilitator: Heike Neuroth State and University Library Lower Saxony Göttingen Reporter: Susanne Dobratz

2. IST- 2001-320015 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany - Electronic Publishing Group - Computing Centre / University Library Susanne Dobratz, 29. March 2003, Berlin,3rd OAForum Workshop session 20 Participants Majority not specialists Many have projects already Many have to solve dringende tasks – to integrate several metadata structures into one in order to provide search – need metadata that allow to describe different resources

3. IST- 2001-320015 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany - Electronic Publishing Group - Computing Centre / University Library Susanne Dobratz, 29. March 2003, Berlin,3rd OAForum Workshop Topics mentioned Definition of the term Multimedia Object ? Information object Kinds of metadata User orientation Metadata has to facilitate brokerage between different formats of the media object Standards MPEG 21

4. IST- 2001-320015 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany - Electronic Publishing Group - Computing Centre / University Library Susanne Dobratz, 29. March 2003, Berlin,3rd OAForum Workshop Multimedia Object vs. collection Multimedia Object = Combination of two different media formats (types of information presentation) Kinds of Metadata –There is no single metadata schema for multimedia, there is a combination of metadata schemas for different types: audio, picture etc. –This leads to application profiles from metadata

5. IST- 2001-320015 Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany - Electronic Publishing Group - Computing Centre / University Library Susanne Dobratz, 29. March 2003, Berlin,3rd OAForum Workshop User orientation Metadata should support retrieval –Detail of metadata schemas –Fit to users needs?