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A generic content transformation solution

OVERVIEW

Mission

MOCCA was developed to allow transcoding data from entire media containers to alternative forms of representation. The vision is to construct a transformation framework offering the modularity and flexibility of a Content HUB both as a desktop application as well as a background Enterprise Content Integration application. The development is oriented at the principles of Generic Content Transformation, described here.

Hosts

The project is supported by the research groups IKM at University of Technology Berlin (Prof. Dr. Krallmann) and INKA at FHTW University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Sieck).

Technical History

In the first phase of the project, a transformation and authoring solution for a branch of the primary German public television company ARD-Digital called RoJo was developed with the intention to bring MHP-Content to Adobe Flash containers while using a separate XML-based data format where all data issues could be represented. The transformation process is fully automated, but at the authoring layer, changes of layout, text and pictures are possible. Another requirement is a further distribution channel. So the system provides various templates to arrange MMS messages from all imported content and export SMIL data directly. The independent data representation was realized with RelaxNG and is closely aligned with SVG 1.2. It is oriented and in some issues restricted to the requirements of first integrated import and export demands, especially with interactive TV documents. The transformation and authoring solution is implemented with Java, GEF, JMF and uses the Eclipse Framework.

Outlook

A current application field to elaborate the feasibility and the potentials of GCT is currently the field of E-Learning production processes involving SCORM creation and mobile learning applications. The objective is to show that the GCT concept allows for improving the process efficiency by 30 to 50 percent. This phase will be finished with the initial MOCCA Desktop Java Application release for E-Learning document transformation. A large supplementing topic is the creation of an enterprize media repository using the generic structure of media project data to generate media mining advantages combined with content based retrieval options.