Multimedia database

A Multimedia database (MMDB) is a collection of related for multimedia data.[1] The multimedia data include one or more primary media data types such as text, images, graphic objects (including drawings, sketches and illustrations) animation sequences, audio and video.

A Multimedia Database Management System (MMDBMS) 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.[2]

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  2. ^ Adjeroh, Donald; Nwosu, Kingsley (1997). "Multimedia Database Management - Requirements and Issues" (PDF). IEEE MultiMedia. 4 (3): 1. doi:10.1109/93.621580. Retrieved 28 May 2014.