6. Conclusions
In this paper, we have proposed a new virtual collaboration and multimedia content
authoring system that enables users to learn or collaborate with others through the Internet.
The proposed system provides a virtual space called a conference where users can exchange
or leave their opinions over digital images and can do presentation. The proposed system also
offers multimedia content authoring function that enables users to produce their own contents
from media objects using SMIL. From conferences, users’ opinions along with coordinate
information can be recorded into XML files in real time and may be stored as structured data
into a database using UIMA for future context based intelligent search. Our system may be
expected as an effective tool in education or research.