What is multimedia database? What are the nature of multimedia database and applications?

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Multimedia Database 

A multimedia database is a collection of related multimedia data. Common multimedia data types that can be found in a multimedia database include the following:  
 • Text
 • Graphics: drawing, sketches, and illustrations 
• Images: color and black & white pictures, photographs, maps, and paintings
 • Animation sequences: animated images or graphic objects
 • Video:  a  sequence  of images  (frames),  typically  recording  a  real-life  event  and  usually produced by a video recorder
 • Audio: generated from an aural recording device 
• Composite multimedia: a combination of two or more of the above data type 

Multimedia Database Applications 

Multimedia database applications are different from traditional database applications in the structure of the multimedia objects and media where the multimedia objects are stored and retrieved.  Multimedia data is diverse with different characteristics.  Because of the audio-visual nature of multimedia data types,  they are usually complex data composed of other data that can also be complex.  Aygun,  et al. indicated that multimedia objects are multidimensional and hierarchically structured, and can have some relations among them. For example, image data does not have temporal behavior because there is no time associated with it, while the video has both temporal and spatial behavior because the image sequences of the video should be displayed in order and in some dedicated time.

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Multimedia Database Applications

Documents and record management: Industries that keep a lot of documentation and records. Ex: Insurance claim industry.

Knowledge dissemination: Multimedia database is an extremely efficient tool for knowledge dissemination and providing several resources. Ex: electronic books

Education and training: Multimedia sources can be used to create resources useful in education and training. These are popular sources of learning in recent days. Ex: Digital libraries.

Real-time monitoring and control: Multimedia presentation when coupled with active database technology can be an effective means for controlling and monitoring complex tasks. Ex: Manufacture control

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  3. Retailing
  4. Entertainment
  5. Travel



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