When a person wants to check out a book, he goes to library. Archiving is seen everywhere whether physical or digital. But one of the most complicated form of archiving may be multimedia retrieval especially films. Some may ask what is the point of archiving films? Films are not just entertainment but they are a form of art that portray subjects which is beneficial to preserve not only the culture and time component but also as a comparison guideline for future generations. Multimedia retrieval is still a relatively new and complex field.

A large amount of multimedia material exist in physical, analog and other non-digital formats. In addition to the introduction of inexpensive storage media have also made it possible to create large digital collections of multimedia material. The increased availability of multimedia material is also amounts a demand and need for indexing techniques that support effective retrieval.

“A broad range of 33 different need attributes is used in specifying the information needs. Collectively these attributes relate to the production,content, subject, context and screening of films.

Categories of need attributes

The attributes used in specifying the information needs can be grouped into six categories (a more detailed listing of the need attributes and their frequencies appears in Table II):(1) Production-related attributes, which include title, production year,director, actors, film music, book on which film is based, production country, film company and type.(2) Screening-related attributes, which include cinema, TV channel,exhibition/festival, date or period where the film was shown, programmes and film listings of contemporary newspapers.(3) Content-related attributes, which concern the identifiable entities appearing in a film. These attributes include location, time, persons,events and objects.(4) Subject-related attributes, which concern the message or meaning of a film discerned by interpretation. These attributes include theme, genre,author intentions and emotional experience. Context-related attributes, which include reviews, censorship material,film magazines, film sections of newspapers, film festivals, film societies,film industry, the public and society.(6) Other, which includes any other attribute used in specifying an information need.”

Morten Hertzum, (2003) “Requests for information from a film archive: a case study of multimedia retrieval”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 59 Issue: 2, pp.168-186, https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410310463473

Google uses data centers to store its vast amount of information. That data center is a group of interconnected computers and storage devices networked in a specific structure in order for them to organize,process, store and disseminate large amounts of data. Google has data centers across the globe, and they have super efficient servers and invented ways to cool data centers from all the accumulated heat and power. So they have thousands of pipelines inside the data centers which are painted according to their purpose to help the employees . They are even equipped with highly pressurized water in case of fire. Most of Google’s data centers are near lakes and rivers.

The content belongs to its rightful owner which are the individuals who uploaded. Youtube cannot reproduce unless it is mutually agreed upon between two parties. They have the right to post ads in between the videos and this agreed upon via electronic signature. In addition to, Youtube has no right to delete as long as it does not violate the mission and vision of Youtube and does not receive a considerable amount of hate comments and complaints. Youtube is under a internalization license.

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