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Multimedia databases can support a variety of interesting applications. Video-on-Demand (VoD), teaching aids, multimedia document authoring systems, and shopping guides are examples of these applications. Multimedia databases deal with storage and retrieval of information comprising of diverse media types such as text, audio, image, and video. The following characteristics of media objects influence multimedia database management systems.
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Prabhakaran, B. (1997). Introduction. In: Multimedia Database Management Systems. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 375. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6235-1_1
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