An ontology-driven mediation approach to multimedia archiving and exhibition

Multimedia materials are powerful in conveying the information and experiences of intellectual and cultural heritage. The integrated use of image, video, sound, and text provides a rich context for learning and appreciating the documented subjects. We present an ontology-driven approach that mediates the multimedia archiving and exhibition process among participants with different expertise and inter-related tasks. The approach enables the participation of skillful people with self-motivated interest to preserve many gradually disappearing intellectual and cultural heritages in time.