Open Annotations on Multimedia Web Resources

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Open Annotation Model, enabling multimedia annotations to be linked with Web data, promoting interoperability and accessibility across platforms.

Contribution

It presents a new model for representing user annotations on multimedia resources aligned with Linked Data principles.

Findings

The model supports annotations on images, audio, and video.

It facilitates sharing and reuse of annotations across systems.

Implementation guidelines for Web portals and devices are provided.

Abstract

Many Web portals allow users to associate additional information with existing multimedia resources such as images, audio, and video. However, these portals are usually closed systems and user-generated annotations are almost always kept locked up and remain inaccessible to the Web of Data. We believe that an important step to take is the integration of multimedia annotations and the Linked Data principles. We present the current state of the Open Annotation Model, explain our design rationale, and describe how the model can represent user annotations on multimedia Web resources. Applying this model in Web portals and devices, which support user annotations, should allow clients to easily publish and consume, thus exchange annotations on multimedia Web resources via common Web standards.