A small and typical selection from the more than 6000 icons in the Media Streams visual annotation lexicon. In the interest of space, the icons displayed here have not been arranged to reflect the grammars or knowledge hierarchies into which they are ordinarily structured. The icons shown have been selected from a cross-section of the icon hierarchies, including: Historic Period, Calendar Time, Time of Day, Functional Building Space, Topological Relationships, Public Outdoor Space, Wilderness, Vehicles, Character Body Types, Occupations, Tools, Food, Animals, Weather, and a variety of other objects and cinematographic relationships.