Re: [help-GIFT] Looking for an MRML DTD

[Wolfgang Müller]

Hi,

> I am writing an open source (Java) MRML client/server pair of applications
> to be used for establishing MRML connections to multimedia databases and
> subsequently querying/searching them for 'like' files by supplying an
> example multimedia file (QBE).


> I have perused the mrml.net website and read version 1.0 and 2.0 MRML
> specifications but can't find a definitive 

Not being final, but being extensible was one idea of MRML. 

> and comprehensive MRML DTD file 
> or document anywhere.
>
> I obviously need this to ensure I make my applications true MRML compliant
> 'beasts'.

Yes.

> Can someone point me in the right direction?

I think *the* pointer would be to have a chat with Stephane Marchand-Maillet 
who (IMHO) has thought most about the software engineering implications of 
MRML 2.0 so far.

Regarding 1.0 I just had some students write an MRML client as a software 
engineering project (i.e. focus on the "making of" and not on the product), 
and they pointed me to some outdatings, errors and typos of the MRML 1.0 tech 
report. How much time do you have? I could put you into contact with one of 
my students who has not communicated me a comprehensive error list yet 
(finals --> no time). As I am not sure if he wants his address on the net, I 
will forward your address to him and ask him to contact you.

> Regards,
> Phil McConchie
> (MSc Student - Queen Mary, University of London)

You're with Josh Reiss, right? Greetings. May I ask you more precise questions 
about your project publically on this list? Or would you prefer this 
questions be asked and aswered off-list?

> PS:  The idea is that my end deliverables will be able to be used for any
> multimedia file type, not just images like GIFT.

Oh, that's the idea. An unpardonnable mistake when choosing the names of MRML 
tags was to go for image and thumbnail, instead of media-item and 
media-item-summary or the like. However, as what's shipped are really URLs 
and (in the HTTP request we learn the MIME type of the media items) the 
initial needs for true *multi* media are cared for.

Cheers,
Wolfgang

-- 
Dr. Wolfgang Müller
LS AI 1
Universität Bayreuth