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Network Access to Multimedia Information
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Network Working Group C. Adie
Request for Comments: 1614 Edinburgh University Computing Service
RARE Technical Report: 8 May 1994
Category: Informational
Network Access to Multimedia Information
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This report summarises the requirements of research and academic
network users for network access to multimedia information. It does
this by investigating some of the projects planned or currently
underway in the community. Existing information systems such as
Gopher, WAIS and World-Wide Web are examined from the point of view
of multimedia support, and some interesting hypermedia systems
emerging from the research community are also studied. Relevant
existing and developing standards in this area are discussed. The
report identifies the gaps between the capabilities of
currentlydeployed systems and the user requirements, and proposes
further work centred on the World-Wide Web system to rectify this.
The report is in some places very detailed, so it is preceded by an
extended summary, which outlines the findings of the report.
Publication History
The first edition was released on 29 June 1993. This second edition
contains minor changes, corrections and updates.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 2
Disclaimer 2
Availability 3
0. Extended Summary 3
1. Introduction 10
1.1. Background 10
1.2. Terminology 11
2. User Requirements 13
2.1. Applications 13
2.2. Data Characteristics 18
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