Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms. The term "rich media" is synonymous for interactive multimedia.[Source: Wikipedia]
Multimedia is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p. 21, 70) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 1:Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Objective ICT-2011.1.5 Networked Media and Search Systems
c) Multimedia Search
> Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Objective ICT-2011.5.5 ICT for smart and personalised inclusion
a) ICT tools, infrastructures and devices for mainstream accessibility in daily life
