Multimedia Databases

Contents

1 Introduction to Multimedia Databases

1.1 Introduction

1.2 What is Essential about Database Systems?

1.3 What is Different about Multimedia Data?

1.4 Multimedia Applications

1.5 What is in the Rest of the Book?

2 Multimedia Data

2.1 Multimedia Data Size

2.2 Real-time Nature of Multimedia

2.3 Why is the Semantic Nature of Multimedia Data a Problem?

2.4 Summary of Chapter

3 The Human Sensory System and Multimedia

3.1 Introduction – Human Information Processing

3.2 Human Brain and Multimedia Information

3.3 The Senses

3.4 Converting Data into Sensory Perception

3.5 Summary of Chapter

4 An Introduction to SQL and Multimedia

4.1 Introduction to SQL

4.2 Methods Using PL/SQL Stored Procedures

4.3 Manipulating Large Objects

4.4 Summary of Chapter

5 Querying Multimedia Data

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Manipulating Multimedia Data

5.3 What is the Classification Problem?

5.4 Summary of Chapter

6 Modeling Multimedia Databases

6.1 Issues of Designing Multimedia Database Management Systems

6.2 Semantic Data Modeling

6.3 Object-oriented Design

6.4 Object Methods

6.5 Object-relational Approach

6.6 Notes

7 Using Multimedia Metadata

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Classifying Metadata

7.3 Generating and Extracting Metadata

7.4 The Role of Metadata Standards

7.5 Digital Rights Management

7.6 Domain-dependent Metadata

7.7 Developing Ontologies

7.8 Summary of Chapter

8 Multimedia Database Architecture and Performance

8.1 Introduction to Multimedia Architecture Requirements

8.2 Performance Issues in Specific Implementations

8.3 Content Management

8.4 Summary of Chapter

9 Multimedia and the Internet

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Delivery of Multimedia Data

9.3 Media Streams

9.4 Network Protocols

9.5 User Datagram Protocol

9.6 Quality-of-service Issues – Internet Service Models

9.7 Packets and Datagrams – Sequence and Loss

9.8 Network Architecture

9.9 Requirements of Applications Involving Multicasting and Interactivity

9.10 Sumamry of Chapter

10 Dealing with Text Databases

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Querying Character Data Using SQL

10.3 Statistical Methods for Text Analysis

10.4 Querying Multimedia Text

10.5 Content-dependent Metadata

10.6 Indexing Technologies for Text

10.7 Summary of Chapter

11 Dealing with Image Databases

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Technologies for Image Processing

11.3 The Role of Feature Extraction

11.4 Retrieval Methods

11.5 Image Analysis and Object Recognition

11.6 Image Classification

11.7 Image Database Software

11.8 Developing Image Media Databases

11.9 Summary of Chapter

12 Dealing with Video Databases

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Video Analysis and Segmentation

12.3 Storage of Video Objects

12.4 Disk Scheduling

12.5 Dealing with Moving Images

12.6 Metadata for Speech

12.7 Metadata for Video

12.8 Manipulating Video Data

12.9 Video Query Process

12.10 Video Applications

12.11 Summary of Chapter

Appendices

Appendix A Normalization and Relational Databases

Appendix B Metadata Standards

Appendix C SQL Notes

Appendix D Acronyms

Appendix E Glossary

Appendix F References

Index

 

Dunckley: Multimedia Databases

Running heads

 

Introduction to Multimedia Databases

Introduction

What is Essential about Database Systems?

What is Different about Multimedia Data?

Multimedia Applications

What is in t