Contents

Title and Copyright Information

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Send Us Your Comments

Preface

Audience

Organization

Accessibility

Conventions

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 interMedia Annotator Operations Overview

1.3 Prerequisites

Part I interMedia Annotator GUI

2 GUI Overview and Configuration

2.1 GUI Overview

2.2 Configuration

2.2.1 Set Connection to the Database

2.2.2 Create Tables

2.2.3 Check the Proxy Settings

2.2.4 Connect to a CDDB

2.2.5 Install Helper Applications

3 Generating and Manipulating Annotations with the Annotator GUI

3.1 Creating an Annotation

3.2 Editing Attribute Values

3.3 Adding and Deleting Attributes to the Annotation

3.4 Adding and Deleting an Annotation

3.5 Extracting a Sample

3.5.1 Text Tracks from a QuickTime Movie

3.5.2 Video Tracks from a QuickTime Movie

3.5.3 Audio Tracks from a CD

3.6 Saving an Annotation

3.7 Opening a Saved Annotation

3.8 Playing Media Sources or Viewing Extracted Samples

3.8.1 Media Source

3.8.2 Media Sample

3.8.3 Text Sample

4 PL/SQL Template Wizard

4.1 Using the PL/SQL Template Wizard to Generate Upload Templates

4.1.1 Connection Panel Window

4.1.2 Upload Method Window

4.1.3 Table Selection Window

4.1.4 Upload Details Window

4.1.5 Column Selection Window

4.1.6 Row Selection Window

4.1.7 Generate Button

4.2 Using Upload Templates to Upload to the Database

4.3 Editing Existing PL/SQL Upload Templates

Part II interMedia Annotator Java-Based Engine

5 interMedia Annotator Engine Example

5.1 Import Statements

5.2 Class Definition and Instance Variables

5.3 main( ) Method

5.4 init( ) Method

5.5 parse( ) Method

5.6 parsePerformed( ) Method

5.7 extractionPerformed( ) Method

5.8 insertionPerformed( ) Method

5.9 warningOccured( ) Method

5.10 errorOccured( ) Method

5.11 ConsoleOutput( ) Method

5.12 report(String) Method

5.13 report(Annotation) Method

5.14 reportWarning( ) Method

5.15 reportError( ) Method

6 Annotator Engine API Reference Information

6.1 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.annotations.Annotation

6.2 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.descriptors.AnnotationDesc

6.3 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.descriptors.ParserDesc

6.4 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.handlers.AnnTaskMonitor

6.5 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.handlers.AnnotationHandler

6.6 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.handlers.db.OrdFileMapping

6.7 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.listener.AnnListener

6.8 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.listener.OutputListener

6.9 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.utils.Preferences

6.10 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.utils.Status

7 Creating PL/SQL Upload Templates

7.1 Creating Upload Templates Manually

7.1.1 Structure of Upload Templates

7.1.2 Annotator-Specific Keywords

7.1.2.1 Attribute Values

7.1.2.2 ${MANN_BEGIN_ITERATE} and ${MANN_END_ITERATE}

7.1.2.3 ${MANN_BEGIN_TRACK} and ${MANN_END_TRACK}

7.1.2.4 ${MANN_BEGIN_IFDEF} and ${MANN_END_IFDEF}

7.1.2.5 ${MANN_BEGIN_IFEQUALS} and ${MANN_END_IFEQUALS}

7.1.2.6 ${MANN_UPLOAD_SRC}

7.1.2.7 ${MANN_UPLOAD_XML}

7.1.3 Saved Files

7.1.4 Complete PL/SQL Upload Template Example

7.2 Editing Existing PL/SQL Upload Templates

Part III interMedia Annotator Extensibility

8 interMedia Annotator Custom Parser Example

8.1 Parser Creation Overview

8.2 AU File Structure

8.3 Package and Import Statements

8.4 Class Definition and Instance Variables

8.5 FormatInfo Class

8.6 AuParser( ) Method

8.7 parse( ) Method

8.8 saveToAnnotation( ) Method

8.9 extractSamples( ) Method

8.10 FillFormatHashTable( ) Method

9 Annotator Parser API Reference Information

9.1 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.handlers.AnnTaskManager

9.2 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.handlers.annotation.AnnotationFactory

9.3 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.parsers.Parser

9.4 Class oracle.ord.media.annotator.utils.MADataInputStream

10 Creating New Annotation Types

10.1 Writing a New Annotation Type

10.1.1 AnnotationProperties Element

10.1.2 AttributeDescriptors Element

10.1.3 Element Hierarchy

10.2 Using a New Annotation Type

Part IV Appendixes

A Querying Stored Annotations

B Supported Formats

C Defined Annotation Attributes

D Frequently Asked Questions

Index