▪︎Multimedia database is the collection of interrelated multimedia data that includes text, graphics , images, animations, video, audio etc and have vast amounts of multisource multimedia data.
▪︎The framework that manages different types of multimedia data which can be stored, delivered and utilized in different ways is known as multimedia database management system.
Content of Multimedia Database management system :
1)Media data – The actual data representing an object.
2)Media format data –
▪︎Information such as sampling rate, resolution, encoding scheme etc. about the format of the media data after it goes through the acquisition, processing and encoding phase.
3)Media keyword data –
▪︎Keywords description relating to the generation of data. It is also known as content descriptive data. Example: date, time and place of recording.
4)Media feature data
▪︎Content dependent data such as the distribution of colors, kinds of texture and different shapes present in data.
Some of the applications of Multimedia database are:
▪︎Documents and record management
▪︎Knowledge dissemination
▪︎Education and training
▪︎Real-time control and monitoring
▪︎Marketing, advertising, retailing, entertainment and travel. Example: a virtual tour of cities.
A Multimedia Database Management System is a framework that manages different types of data potentially represented in a wide diversity of formats on a wide array of media sources.
It provides support for multimedia data types, and facilitate for creation, storage, access, query and control of a multimedia database.
