Seven Research Challenges of Generalized 3D Documents

Author

Havemann, Sven ; Fellner, Dieter W.

Author_Institution

Graz Univ. of Technol.

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

2007

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

76

Abstract

The rapid evolution of information and communication technology has always been a source for challenging new research questions in computer science. The vision of the emerging research field of semantic 3D is to establish the notion of generalized 3D documents that are full members of the family of generalized documents. This means that access would be content-based rather than based on metadata. The purpose of this article is to highlight the research issues that impede the realization of this vision today. The seven research challenges include: (1) ´3D data set´ can have many meanings, (2) a sustainable 3D file format, (3) representation-independent stable 3D markup, (4) representation-independent 3D query operations, (5) documenting provenance and processing history, (6) consistency between shape and meaning, and (7) closing the semantic gap

Keywords

content-based retrieval; query processing; research and development; semantic Web; solid modelling; 3D data set; content-based retrieval; generalized 3D documents; information and communication technology; representation-independent 3D query operations; representation-independent stable 3D markup; research challenges; semantic 3D; sustainable 3D file format; Data structures; Databases; Layered manufacturing; Layout; Moore´s Law; Prototypes; Runtime; Shape measurement; Software algorithms; Software libraries; 3D documents; data management; Computer Graphics; Computer Security; Database Management Systems; Databases, Factual; Information Storage and Retrieval; Research; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2007.67

Filename

4178162