Electronic Proceedings of the
ACM Workshop on Effective Abstractions in Multimedia
November 4, 1995
San Francisco, California

Introductory Slides for Session 4: Presentation -- Temporal Layout

Polle Zellweger
Xerox PARC
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Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
415/812-4426
zellweger@parc.xerox.com

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Abstract

An overview of effective abstractions for (automatic) temporal layout in multimedia document authoring and presentation.

Table of Contents


The Temporal Layout Problem


Higher-Level Temporal Specification Languages


User-Level Specification Issues


Temporal Layout Algorithms


Algorithm Issues


Lower-Level Temporal Specification Languages


Future Challenges


This Session's Papers

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