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Indexing Multimedia and Creative Works - The Problems of Meaning and Interpretation (Paperback)
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Indexing Multimedia and Creative Works - The Problems of Meaning and Interpretation (Paperback)
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Indexing and information retrieval work properly only if language
and interpretation are shared by creator and user. This is more
complex for non-verbal media. The authors of Indexing Multimedia
and Creative Works explore these challenges against a background of
different theories of language and communication, particularly
semiotics, questioning the possibility of ideal multimedia
indexing. After surveying traditional approaches to information
retrieval (IR) and organization in relation to issues of meaning,
particularly Panofsky's 'levels of meaning', Pauline Rafferty and
Rob Hidderley weigh up the effectiveness of major IR tools
(cataloguing, classification and indexing) and computerised IR,
highlighting key questions raised by state-of-the-art computer
language processing systems. Introducing the reader to the
fundamentals of semiotics, through the thinking of Saussure, Peirce
and Sonesson, they make the case for this as the basis for
successful multimedia information retrieval. The authors then
describe specific multimedia information retrieval tools: namely
the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Iconclass and the Library of
Congress Thesaurus of General Materials I and II. A selection of
multimedia objects including photographic images, abstract images,
music, the spoken word and film are read using analytical and
descriptive categories derived from the literature of semiotics.
Multimedia information retrieval tools are also used to index the
multimedia objects, an exercise which demonstrates the richness of
the semiotic approach and the limitations of controlled vocabulary
systems. In the final chapter the authors reflect on the issues
thrown up by this comparison and explore alternatives such as
democratic, user-generated indexing as an alternative . Primarily
intended for third-year undergraduate and postgraduate information
studies students, the breadth and depth of Indexing Multimedia and
Creative Works will also make it relevant and fascinating rea
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