Dear jdsorrell,
In the phrase "multimedia session", the first word, "multimedia",
refers to the use of several different media. It is a
twentieth-century neologism, or new word, composed of the prefix
"multi-", which is derived from the Latin for "many", and the suffix
"-media", the plural form of "medium", which is the Latin for
"middle". In our day, a medium is any means of communication or
representation of meaning, such as writing, radio, photography, and so
forth.
American Heritage Dictionary: multi-
http://www.bartleby.com/61/28/M0472800.html
American Heritage Dictionary: medium
http://www.bartleby.com/61/51/M0195100.html
American Heritage Dictionary: multimedia
http://www.bartleby.com/61/51/M0475100.html
Thus, a piece of information or an artwork is said to be multimedia if
it uses several different media to carry its message. There are
multimedia works of art, for example, that employ light projection or
recorded music in addition to the more traditional media of paint and
paper. More commonly, however, the term is applied to digital
communication that consists not merely of text or numbers, but is
enhanced through the use of illustration, animation, sound, real-time
video, and/or other effects.
Wikipedia: multimedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia
A "multimedia session", finally, is the time span in which one user or
group of users launches a multimedia software application, uses it
continuously, and then terminates the multimedia application. In the
context of videoconferencing, a session would be one conference
conducted through the videoconferencing software. If a user obtains
media-on-demand from the web, then a multimedia session would be the
viewing of one news clipping or the playing of one animated game. Some
multimedia sessions can take a rather long time, such as those
involved in security monitoring, where the multimedia feed is expected
to run for days without interruption.
Let me attempt to sum up all of the foregoing in a single sentence. A
multimedia session is one use by an information consumer of a software
application which represents or conveys digital information by several
means that appeal to different senses, such as text, sound, graphics,
and eventually tactile and olfactory feedback.
If you find my answer to be incomplete or inaccurate in any way,
please post a clarification request so that I have a chance to meet
your needs before you assign a rating.
Regards,
leapinglizard |
Request for Answer Clarification by
jdsorrell-ga
on
05 Sep 2004 11:23 PDT
Leaping Lizard:
Can you improve my definition with your information that you have collected?
?multimedia session? is defined as a set of multimedia service
delivery processes and nested sub-processes with a beginning and end,
governed by business rules that control and coordinate activities and
resources across time and place to produce specified outputs.
Constrained by the scope and governance of multimedia service types,
end-users specify schedule, participants, services, resources, and
session operational rules. Enterprise management specifies management
control rules and resource deployment. Session types include:
Videoconferencing, Emergency Response Collaboration and Monitoring,
Media-On-Demand, Video and Voice Mail, Broadcast and Advertising,
Device Control, Distance Learning, Distance Learning, Telemedicine,
and Administrator.
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Clarification of Answer by
leapinglizard-ga
on
05 Sep 2004 13:02 PDT
Dear jdsorrell,
This is not what your question asks for, but I'll address it just the
same, as an exception. In future, you should state up front everything
that you're asking from a Google Answers Researcher, preferably
separating different tasks into different questions.
Your definition is rather complete, but far too abstract for my taste.
What I would do is strip some of the redundant wording, such as
"nested sub-processes", and make some of the generalizations more
concrete. Here goes.
A ?multimedia session? is the action of a multimedia delivery process
from the beginning of a user's request to the end of the user's
content fulfillment. The content delivered by such a process includes
digital information that appeals to multiple senses, such as text,
sound, graphics, and possibly, in future, tactile and olfactory
feedback. Within the framework of the multimedia service, end users
specify the schedule, participants, and some operational parameters of
the session. Enterprise-level users specify management control rules
and resource deployment for the service. Brief multimedia sessions
include videoconferencing, voicemail, media on demand, and
advertising. Medium-length multimedia sessions include distance
learning, telemedicine, emergy response collaboration, and
administration. Long multimedia sessions include emergency response
monitoring, security monitoring, and broadcasting. All types of
multimedia transmissions can be transmitted digitally through the
Internet or packaged in single-play or multi-play devices at points of
purcharse.
leapinglizard
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