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Multimedia Database Groupwork

The document discusses a group assignment for an advanced database systems course. It includes the group members and registration numbers. It then discusses multimedia databases, describing their nature, types, applications, and data management issues.

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Multimedia Database Groupwork

The document discusses a group assignment for an advanced database systems course. It includes the group members and registration numbers. It then discusses multimedia databases, describing their nature, types, applications, and data management issues.

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CCT 424: ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEM

GROUP ASSIGNMENT

GROUP MEMBERS REGISTRATION NO.

BETHUEL SIMIYU CCT/00082/020

EARNEST MWANGI CCT/00026/020

WILFRED MWANGI CCT/00014/020

RYAN KIPNGETICH CCT/00057/020

PAUL INDA CCT/00047/020

Multimedia Database

Multimedia database is the collection of interrelated multimedia data that includes text,
graphics (sketches, drawings), 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. There are three classes of the multimedia database which includes static
media, dynamic media and dimensional media.

Nature of Multimedia Database management system:


Media data – The actual data representing an object.

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.

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.

Media feature data – Content dependent data such as the distribution of colors, kinds of
texture and different shapes present in data.
Types of multimedia applications based on data management characteristic are:
Repository applications – A Large amount of multimedia data as well as meta-data(Media
format date, Media keyword data, Media feature data) that is stored for retrieval purpose, e.g.,
Repository of satellite images, engineering drawings, radiology scanned pictures.

Presentation applications – They involve delivery of multimedia data subject to temporal


constraint. Optimal viewing or listening requires DBMS to deliver data at certain rate offering
the quality of service above a certain threshold. Here data is processed as it is delivered.
Example: Annotating of video and audio data, real-time editing analysis.

Collaborative work using multimedia information – It involves executing a complex task by


merging drawings, changing notifications. Example: Intelligent healthcare network.

Modelling – Working in this area can improve database versus information retrieval techniques
thus, documents constitute a specialized area and deserve special consideration.

Design – The conceptual, logical and physical design of multimedia databases has not yet been
addressed fully as performance and tuning issues at each level are far more complex as they
consist of a variety of formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG, MPEG which is not easy to convert from one
form to another.

Storage – Storage of multimedia database on any standard disk presents the problem of
representation, compression, mapping to device hierarchies, archiving and buffering during
input-output operation. In DBMS, a” BLOB” (Binary Large Object) facility allows untyped
bitmaps to be stored and retrieved.

Performance – For an application involving video playback or audio-video synchronization,


physical limitations dominate. The use of parallel processing may alleviate some problems but
such techniques are not yet fully developed. Apart from this multimedia database consume a
lot of processing time as well as bandwidth.
DATA MANAGEMENT ISSUES

The database must support large objects, since multimedia data such as videos can occupy up
to a few gigabytes of storage. Many database systems do not support objects larger than a few
gigabytes. Larger objects could be split into smaller pieces and stored in the database.
Alternatively, the multimedia object may be stored in a file system, but the database may
contain a pointer to the object; the pointer would typically be a file name. The SQL/MED
standard (MED stands for Management of External Data) allows external data, such as files, to
be treated as if they are part of the database. With SQL/MED, the object would appear to be
part of the database, but can be stored externally.

The retrieval of some types of data, such as audio and video, has the requirement that data
delivery must proceed at a guaranteed steady rate. Such data are sometimes called isochronous
data, or continuous-media data. For example, if audio data are not supplied in time, there will
be gaps in the sound. If the data are supplied too fast, system buffers may overflow, resulting in
loss of data.

Similarity-based retrieval is needed in many multimedia database applications. For example, in


a database that stores fingerprint images, a query fingerprint image is provided, and
fingerprints in the database that are similar to the query fingerprint must be retrieved. Index
structures such as B+- trees and R-trees cannot be used for this purpose; special index
structures need to be created.

Areas where multimedia database is applied


Documents and record management: Industries and businesses that keep detailed records and
variety of documents. Example: Insurance claim record.

Knowledge dissemination: Multimedia database is a very effective tool for knowledge


dissemination in terms of providing several resources. Example: Electronic books.

Education and training: Computer-aided learning materials can be designed using multimedia
sources which are nowadays very popular sources of learning. Example: Digital libraries.

Marketing, advertising, retailing, entertainment and travel. Example: a virtual tour of cities.

Real-time control and monitoring: Coupled with active database technology, multimedia
presentation of information can be very effective means for monitoring and controlling complex
tasks Example: Manufacturing operation control.

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