(a) Multimedia objects
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A wide variety of basic objects (issue 1): |
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Discrete objects, Continuous Objects. |
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map, unmap, start, stop, pause, resume. |
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The possibility to control the delivery of continuous objects (issue 2): |
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par_min, par_master, equal. |
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Interactivity capabilities (issue 3): |
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activable, deactivable, click. |
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Temporal style definitions (issue 4): |
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styleon, styleoff. |
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A support for unpredictable objects (issue 5): |
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Continuous objects are unpredictable if their duration is not known beforehand. |
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Buttons are by nature always unpredictable. |
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(b) Temporal Composition (issue 6)
(c) Interactions (issue 7)
Two kinds of interactions can be distinguished:
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Temporal Access Control (TAC): pause, resume, fast-forward, etc . |
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Document interactions: buttons, hyperlink. |
Document interactions can be classified in two classes according to their associated semantics.
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global interaction: hyperlink |
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local interaction: button |
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local vs global. |
