Transcoding Aspects for Image Tele‐Collaboration

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mohammed, Sabah M.A. | Fiaidhi, Jinan A.W.

Affiliations: Department of Computer Science, Advanced Technology and Academic Centre, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada, e‐mail: {sabah.mohammed, jinan.fiaidhi}@lakeheadu.ca

Abstract: Tele‐Collaboration will enable users in different locations to collaborate in a shared, simulated environment as if they were in the same physical room. It's the ultimate synthesis of networking and media technologies to enhance collaborative environments. When participants are Tele‐Collaborated, they are able to interact with each other in a shared virtual environment. They are able to query and visualize data stores and steer complex scientific and engineering simulations. This article investigated the transcoding intermediaries required to achieve an effective tele‐collaboration on the Web as well as on P2P/Grid environments. Both Scene Graphs as used by the virtual SceneBeans and the SVG DOM tree are found to be essential for the transcoding purpose.

Keywords: image trascoding, P2P and grid environments, scene beans, scene graphs, SVG, DOM

Journal: Informatica, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 241-260, 2005