The Convergence Project - Videos in the Cloud and Analyses on the Earth. By Panagiotis GKONIS - SIL, Greece - Francis LEMAITRE - FMSH-ESCOM, France - Aziz MOUSAS - ICCS, Greece

1. The Project.
Videos in the Cloud and
Analyses on the Earth
www.ict-convergence.eu
Panagiotis GKONIS - SIL, Greece
Francis LEMAITRE - FMSH-ESCOM, France
Aziz MOUSAS - ICCS, Greece

2. “Videos in the Cloud and Analyses on the Earth”
A Collaborative Platform for sharing Video Resources
for Research and Education
The Project.

4. Content & Actors (1/2)
• Video
o Scientific & cultural video material
 Documentaries, Interviewes, Seminars, etc.
 WMV Format
⇒ Published by agents (persons, institutions) who are the Video
Material Owners (VMOs)
 FMSH, Researchers, Universities, etc.
• Video Analysis
o Rich description of a Video (produced by a non-CONVERGENCE app.)
 Virtual Segmentation & Description of video parts
 Main Information, Actors, Resources, Translations, Video/Audio Plans,
etc.
 Filmic discourse analysis based on domain description templates
 RDF/OWL Format
⇒ Published by Analysts
 Documentalists, Researchers, Students, etc.

5. Content & Actors (2/2)
• Video Channel
o Web Channel aggregating Video Analyses
 Dedicated to a specific domain, a university course, a research work, etc.
⇒ Published by agents (persons, institutions) who are the Video Channel
Owners (VCOs)
 Research labs, Universities, individual Researchers, Teachers,
• Post :
o Aggregation of a Video Analysis to a Video Channel
⇒ Published by agents who are the Video Channel Owners (VCOs)
⇒ Browsed by people who are the Video Channel Users (VCUs)
⇒The Application use 4 kinds of VDIs :
Video VDI, Analysis VDI, Channel VDI, Post VDI

6. Scenario
• Video content creation and publication provided with
specific exploitation licenses by a Content Owner
o VMOs publish videos,
o VCOs post analyses on their channel, etc.
• Subscription to relevant video content by a User
o Analysts (students, teachers, researchers, …) subscribe to specific
kinds of videos (genres, themes, …),
o VCUs (also students, teachers, researchers, …) subscribe to specific
kinds of video channels (genres, content, …), etc.
o VMOs get numbers of downloads of their videos, Analysts numbers of
posts of their analyses, etc.

7. Scenario (continued)
• Notification sent to User when a matching video content is
published
o VCUs (students, teachers, researchers, …) are notified of each video
publication which is relevant for them
• Use and exploitation of relevant video content with respect
to the specific user license governing a given video and/or
video analysis.
o Analysts may download videos, VCOs may post analyses of a video,
etc.
• Event Reports of the usages of their video content sent to
Content Owners
o VMOs get number of downloads of their videos, Analysts number of
posts of their analyses, etc.

8. Users Interactions
Shared Content Licensing & Notifications

9. Ontologies
The FMSH scenario use different existing ontologies :
•A domain ontology dedicated to video analysis
o Thesaurus of ~6000 terms : localizations, individuals, RWOs, concepts,
scientific disciplines, pedagogical genres, audio-visual genres, textual
structure of a video, etc.
⇒ Used for Video Creation & Subscription, and Analysis Subscription
•5 User Ontologies dedicated to specific domains
o Andean Cultural Heritage, Cultural Diversity, French & World
Literature, Social & Human Sciences, Latin America.
⇒ Topics of each domain used for Analysis Subscription
This application is a good demonstration of how
CONVERGENCE technology can use external ontologies

10. “Videos in the Cloud and Analyses on the Earth”
DEMO Context
The Project.

11. DEMO Videos
• Content has already been published by several users, using
different kinds of licenses
⇒Please note that names and contexts of use have been
simplified for the purpose of the Demo
• Elisabeth (VMO)
o Works for ARA (Audiovisual Research Archives) Program of FMSH
o Published 3 documentaries about Musical Heritage in South America
 “Peru Video”
 “Chile Video”
 “Brazil Video”
o Peru and Chile videos are available for everybody
o Brazil Video can be used for analysis but cannot be posted on
channels

12. DEMO Analyses
• Valerie (« Andes » Analyst)
o Anthropologist, specialist of Andean Civilizations
o Subscribed to videos about Andean Traditional Music
 Was notified of Elisabeth’s Peru Video
 Published a “Peru Analysis” for this video
 Since she uses it for her personal work, her analysis should not be
downloaded or posted by other users
• Manuela (“South America” Analyst)
o Documentalist, specialist of South America Culture
o Subscribed to videos about South America Music
 Was notified of Elisabeth’s Chile and Brazil Video
 Published a “Chile Analysis” and a “Brazil Analysis” for these videos
 Her analyses are available for everybody

13. DEMO Content Overview
Caption:
A Analysts
X Everybody
- Nobody
VIDEO LICENSES ANALYSIS LICENSES
Title/Subtitle Keywords V P D Title Concepts V P D
Published Content
Brazil Video
The "Choro Club of
Paris" : Brazilian Popular
Music
Brazil
World Music
Popular Music
South America
A A A
Brazil Analysis
Musical excerpts of Choro music
Brazil
Choro
X X X
Peru Video
Inti and the big condor
Peru
Peruvian Music
Traditional Music
South America
X X X
Peru Analysis
Analysis for a lecture about myth
adaptation
Peru
Quechua
X - -
Chile Video
Guitarron players from
Pirque
Chile
World Music
Traditional Music
South America
X X X
Chile Analysis
Basic analysis of a documentary
from Chile about Music and Divinity
Chile
South America
X X X
(DEMO Content)
Bolivia Video
Interview with José Julio
Chinchilla, charango-
instrument maker
Bolivia
World Music
Traditional Music
South America
X X X
Peru Analysis
Analysis of an interview with a
Bolivian charango-instrument
maker
Bolivia
Cueca
Charango
X X X

14. “Videos in the Cloud and Analyses on the Earth”
DEMO
The Project.

15. DEMO
• For the demo purpose, all the roles will be played by the same
user.
• VMO (Video Material Owner)
o Publishes “Bolivia Video”, an excerpt of an interview with a Bolivian
charango instrument maker
o The video is available for everybody
• Analyst
o Subscribes to videos showing musical works
o Creates & Publishes “Bolivia Analysis”
 using Andean Heritage Ontology
o The analysis is available for everybody

16. DEMO
• VCO (Video Channel Owner)
o Creates the Channel “World Music Channel”
o Subscribes to analyses about World Music
 It requires to create different subscriptions for each domain (ontology)
o Posts Bolivia & Chile analyses on his channel
o Cannot post Peru & Brazil analyses
 No Post License for Peru Analysis
 No Post License for Brazil Video referenced in Brazil Analysis
• VCU (Video Channel User)
o Subscribes to “World Music Channel” ; browses channel
• VMO, Analyst, VCO
o Browse statistics (Event Reports) of their publications
o Browse notifications & selections

17. QUESTIONS?
Thank You!
Panagiotis GKONIS - pgkonis@singularlogic.eu
SingularLogic (SIL), Greece
Aziz MOUSAS- azmousas@icbnet.ece.ntua.gr
Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece
Francis LEMAITRE - lemaitre@msh-paris.fr
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH)
Equipe Sémiotique Cognitive et Nouveaux Médias (ESCoM), France
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