PREMO: A Framework for Multimedia Middleware: Specification, Rationale, and Java Binding

In 1998, SC24, the subcommittee of ISO/IEC JTC 1 concerned with computer graphics and image processing, completed work on a new standard for multimedia presentation; the PREMO standard (Presentation Environment for Multimedia Objects) is published under the official reference ISO/IEC 14478. PREMO essentially provides a middleware specification for multimedia programming — more generally it also serves as a reference model for distributed multimedia. This book does not attempt to replace the...