Heterogeneous multimedia environments make
difficult the automatic deployment and
interoperability of networked multimedia systems.
Diversity of languages, protocols, and hardware
platforms lead to major incompatibility issues.
Moreover, dynamic multimedia systems instantiation
and configuration guided by user and community
requirements and preferences are not easy to be
performed in this context. This work introduces an
ontology framework for automatic networked
multimedia systems deployment and configuration
driven by the requirements and preferences of the
users. A case study illustrating how networked
multimedia systems can be dynamically deployed is
presented in order to demonstrate the advantages of
using this framework.