How can the MPEG-7 Multimedia Description Schemes be extended for my application?
The MPEG Description Definition Language (DDL) can be used to define, extend and generate new Description Schemes (DSs) as shown in the following picture. By using the object-oriented aspects of the DS model, it is possible to extend the DSs to develop customized, application specific DSs that are outside of the MPEG-7 standard. DDL DS DS D D D D D DS Application domain MPEG-7 Standard i.e.