M3L: Architecture for Multimedia Information Retrieval

Multimedia information retrieval systems operate on multimedia information. Multimedia information exists in text, audio, image and video forms. Existing multimedia information retrieval systems do not satisfy multimedia information needs. Information needs are only satisfied when information is searched within all information modalities of a multimedia based document and within a user specified subsets of multimedia object types. We propose a layered based architecture for multimedia information retrieval that is able to search multimedia information within multiple modalities and all subsets of multimedia object types. Architecture follows layered based architectural approach. Architecture contains three layers which are mode, model and modality. Architecture organizes system objects within three layers and also provides communication among them. We develop a prototypical multimedia information retrieval system based on proposed architecture.