A general purpose architecture for image retrieval in databases

Most of the solutions proposed in image database applications are limited to a specific application domain. The lack of generic models causes problems for researchers. This work defines a general purpose retrieval architecture for image databases (GRAID) that facilitates the processes of defining and constructing specific image retrieval applications and retrieving through integration of images and traditional data. The main goal is to provide an extensible and flexible common platform to ease the work of the image application developers. The WIRED image retrieval system was implemented to validate the GRAID architecture. Two image database applications using the WIRED system are also described