Multimedia Database

A multimedia database management system (MM-DBMS) is a framework that manages different types of data potentially represented in a wide diversity of formats on a wide array of media sources.

l          Video data captured by surveillance cameras that record the activities taking place at various locations. l          Audio data captured by legally authorized telephone wiretaps. l          Image data consisting of still photographs taken by investigators. l          Document data seized by the police when raiding one or more places. l          Structured relational data containing background information, back records, etc., of the suspects involved. l          Geographic information system data remaining geographic data relevant to the drug investigation being conducted.

Types:

         l          Video data captured by surveillance cameras that record the activities taking place at various locations.

l          Audio data captured by legally authorized telephone wiretaps.

l          Image data consisting of still photographs taken by investigators.

l          Document data seized by the police when raiding one or more places.

l          Structured relational data containing background information, back records, etc., of the suspects involved.

l          Geographic information system data remaining geographic data relevant to the drug investigation being conducted.

      Requirement:

l          Persistence

•         Data objects can be saved and re-used by different transactions and program invocations

l          Privacy

•         Access and authorization control

l          Integrity control

•         Ensures database consistency between transactions

l          Recovery

•         Failures of transactions should not affect the persistent data storage

l          Query support

•         Allows easy querying of multimedia data