From ABC to http: The Effervescent Evolution of Indexing for Audiovisual Materials

Indexing methods for audiovisual materials had not yet settled when the arrival of the World Wide Web upset any stability that existed in this area. New possibilities have now opened up for indexing digital audiovisual materials in a networked environment. This article, traces some of the methods used for organizing collections of audiovisual materials, give a general portrait of how various types of them are organized today, and using indicators that have become manifest, speculate on some future developments in this area