Multimedia Database Management Systems

Multimedia Database Management Systems presents the issues and the techniques used in building multimedia database management systems. Chapter 1 provides an overview of multimedia databases and underlines the new requirements for these applications. Chapter 2 discusses the techniques used for storin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prabhakaran, B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Series:The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Types of Multimedia Information
  • 1.2 Multimedia Database Applications
  • 1.3 Multimedia Objects: Characteristics
  • 1.4 Multimedia Database Management System: Components
  • 1.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 2 Multimedia Storage and Retrieval
  • 2.1 Multimedia Object Storage
  • 2.2 File Retrieval Structures
  • 2.3 Disk Scheduling
  • 2.4 Server Admission Control
  • 2.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 3 Metadata for Multimedia
  • 3.1 Metadata: Classification
  • 3.2 Metadata for Text
  • 3.3 Metadata for Speech
  • 3.4 Metadata for Images
  • 3.5 Metadata for Video
  • 3.6 Concluding Remarks
  • 4 Multimedia Data Access
  • 4.1 Access to Text Data
  • 4.2 Access to Speech Data
  • 4.3 Access to Image Data
  • 4.4 Access to Video Data
  • 4.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 5 Multimedia Information Modeling
  • 5.1 Object-Oriented Modeling
  • 5.2 Temporal Models
  • 5.3 Spatial Models
  • 5.4 Multimedia Authoring
  • 5.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 6 Querying Multimedia Databases
  • 6.1 Query Processing
  • 6.2 Query Languages
  • 6.3 Concluding Remarks
  • 7 Multimedia Communication
  • 7.1 Retrieval Schedule Generation
  • 7.2 Multimedia Server-Client Interaction
  • 7.3 Network Support for Multimedia Communication
  • 7.4 Concluding Remarks
  • 8 MMDBMS Architecture
  • 8.1 Distributed MMDBMS Architecture
  • 8.2 Implementation Considerations
  • 8.3 Concluding Remarks
  • References