Multimedia Databases

Description
There is a huge growth in multimedia databases and the influence is spreading far and wide. Existing and future practitioners working in web technology, e-commerce, media-on demand, surveillance systems, GIS and telemedicine as well as traditional database management systems will need to know much more about the workings of multi media databases.  And this is the book they will need as it will answer all their questions.

Back Cover

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Multimedia Databases brings together, for the first time in one book, a fully comprehensive coverage of multimedia databases: SQL, image processing, computer vision, information retrieval, networks, and distributed systems and database management.

It provides a solid understanding of multimedia data and database technology and explains why advances in both have come together to create the field of Multimedia databases. Anyone working in or studying multimedia databases are facing challenges that arise from integrating knowledge from a number of different fields such as multimedia, networks, communication systems, HCI and sensory systems as well as database concepts. This book provides answers to these challenges and covers all the different components that make up Multimedia databases.

If you’re an existing or future practitioner whose working life is becoming increasingly influenced by a need to know more about Multimedia databases then this book if for you. It is written in an easy to follow style with numerous practical examples and exercises and an accompanying CD which provides code examples for every chapter of the book and examples of the implementation of multimedia databases for the two main case studies covered in the book.

Multimedia databases now deal with a growing number of commercially important application areas such as media-on-demand, surveillance systems, GIS and medical information systems.

Multimedia Databases covers: -

• The main features of multimedia data, compression (MPEG etc)
• The extraction and generation of metadata (including MPEG 7 and 23)
• The main features of SQL data types in relation to multimedia data
• How object-relational features of SQL3 can be used to create methods to manipulate large binary objects
• The implementation of user-defined types in Oracle and DB2
• The problems and solutions for manipulating multimedia data particularly in relation to querying, indexing and summarising multimedia data
• Multimedia architecture requirements, in particular, tuning and performance storage parameters
• Main features of Internet Protocols used for the transmission of multimedia data and network architecture to the delivery of multimedia
• Covers internet databases and looks at metadata and xml databases

Plus much more.

About the author

Lynne Dunckley, Ph.D is a professor of IT at Thames Valley University. She has carried out consultancy on Web issues and design for Accenture, AOL, BT, Morgan Stanley and numerous e-Commerce retailers. She has published work in the Journal of Decision Systems, Interacting with Computers, Interact, International Ergonomics Applications, Logistics Management and Operational Research Society and major international refereed conferences in HCI in the UK and USA. She was the general chair of IWIPS'2001 - the International Workshop for Intenationalisation of Products & Services and is on the editiorial board of the Journal of Expert Systems.

Contents

Contents

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?

2.1 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

3.1 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

4.1 Introduction to SQL

4.2 Methods Using PL/SQL Stored Procedures

4.3 Manipulating Large Objects

4.4 Summary of Chapter

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Manipulating Multimedia Data

5.3 What is the Classification Problem?

5.4 Summary of Chapter

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

7.1 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

8.1 Introduction to Multimedia Architecture Requirements

8.2 Performance Issues in Specific Implementations

8.3 Content Management

8.4 Summary of Chapter

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

10.1 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

11.1 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

12.1 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

Introduction to Multimedia Databases

Introduction

What is Essential about Database Systems?

What is Different about Multimedia Data?

Multimedia Applications

What is in the Rest of the Book?

Multimedia Data

Multimedia Data Size

Real-time Nature of Multimedia

The Semantic Nature of Multimedia Data

Summary of Chapter

The Human Sensory System and Multimedia

Introduction – Human Information Processing

Human Brain and Multimedia Information

The Senses

Converting Data into Sensory Perception

Summary of Chapter

An Introduction to SQL and Multimedia

Introduction to SQL

Methods Using PL/SQL Stored Procedures

Manipulating Large Objects

Summary of Chapter

Querying Multimedia Data

Introduction

Manipulating Multimedia Data

What is the Classification Problem?

Summary of Chapter

Modeling Multimedia Databases

Designing Multimedia Database Management Systems

Semantic Data Modeling

Object-oriented Design

Object Methods

Object-relational Approach

Notes

Using Multimedia Metadata

Introduction

Classifying Metadata

Generating and Extracting Metadata

The Role of Metadata Standards

Digital Rights Management

Domain-dependent Metadata

Developing Ontologies

Summary of Chapter

Multimedia Database Architecture and Performance

Introduction to Multimedia Architecture Requirements

Performance Issues in Specific Implementations

Content Management

Summary of Chapter

Multimedia and the Internet

Introduction

Delivery of Multimedia Data

Media Streams

Network Protocols

User Datagram Protocol

Quality-of-service Issues – Internet Service Models

Packets and Datagrams – Sequence and Loss

Network Architecture

Applications Involving Multicasting and Interactivity

Sumamry of Chapter

Dealing with Text Databases

Introduction

Querying Character Data Using SQL

Statistical Methods for Text Analysis

Querying Multimedia Text

Content-dependent Metadata

Indexing Technologies for Text

Summary of Chapter

Dealing with Image Databases

Introduction

Technologies for Image Processing

The Role of Feature Extraction

Retrieval Methods

Image Analysis and Object Recognition

Image Classification

Image Database Software

Developing Image Media Databases

Summary of Chapter

Dealing with Video Databases

Introduction

Video Analysis and Segmentation

Storage of Video Objects

Disk Scheduling

Dealing with Moving Images

Metadata for Speech

Metadata for Video

Manipulating Video Data

Video Query Process

Video Applications

Summary of Chapter

Appendices

Normalization and Relational Databases

Metadata Standards

SQL Notes

Acronyms

Glossary

References

Index

Index

Features

• Brings together for the first time in one book a fully comprehensive coverage of multimedia databases: SQL, Image processing, computer vision, information retrieval, networks and distributed sytems, and database management.
• Covers SQL3 – relatively new standard not covered in other books
• Covers internet databases and looks at metadata and xml databases
• Has clear practical examples, exercises and accompanying CD-rom and website