Thread Subject: Re: draft def for multimedia

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From: Sean Hayes
Date: Thu, Aug 02 2007 7:45 AM

For video and audio on their own the obvious term would be monomedia.

However a slight simplification can be made if we use the term media to cover video, audio and video with synchronised audio.

Multimedia as used in this standard includes any content, static or
interactive which includes concurrent media. Examples include (insert format references). Example of content which is not considered as "multimedia" for this standard are,
(insert examples).


Sean Hayes
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 02 August 2007 13:45
To: TEITAC Audio/Video Subcommittee
Subject: Re: [teitac-video] draft def for multimedia

All:

Here is a draft proposal for "multimedia" definition.

Multimedia as used in this standard includes any content, static or
interactive, which includes concurrent synchronized audio and visual
information. Examples include (insert format references). Example of
content which is not considered as "multimedia" for this standard are,
(insert examples).


Q: Is independent video or audio considered multimedia? If not what
term applies to them specifically?



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