Dept of Computer Science
Centre Universitaire d'Informatique (CUI)
Université de Genève
@techreport { VG:MMM2000, author = { Wolfgang M{\"u}ller and Henning M{\"u}ller and St{\'e}phane Marchand-Maillet and Thierry Pun and David McG. Squire and Zoran Pe\u{c}enovi\'{c} and Christoph Giess and Arjen P. de Vries }, title = { {MRML}: A Communication Protocol for Content-Based Image Retrieval }, institution = { Computer Vision Group, Computing Centre, University of Geneva }, year = { 2000 }, number = { 00.02 }, address = { rue G\'en\'eral Dufour, 24, CH-1211 Gen\`eve, Switzerland }, month = { mar }, url = { http://vision.unige.ch/publications/postscript/2000/VGTR00.02_MuellerWMuellerHMarchandPunSquireGiessVries.ps.gz }, abstract = { In this paper we introduce and describe the Multimedia Retrieval Markup Language (MRML). This XML-based markup language is the basis for an open communication protocol for content-based image retrieval systems (CBIRSs). MRML was initially designed as a means of separating CBIR engines from their user interfaces. It is, however, also extensible as the basis for standardized performance evaluation procedures. Such a tool is essential for the formulation and implementation of common benchmarks for CBIR. A common protocol can also bring new dynamics to the CBIR field---it makes the development of new systems faster and more efficient, and opens the door of the CBIR research field to other disciplines such as Human-Computer Interaction. The MRML specifications, as well as the first MRML-compliant applications, are freely available and are introduced in this paper. }, url1 = { http://vision.unige.ch/publications/postscript/2000/VGTR00.02_MuellerWMuellerHMarchandPunSquireGiessVries.pdf }, vgclass = { report }, vgproject = { viper }, }