DocumentCode :
316280
Title :
DelaunayMM: a visual framework for multimedia presentation
Author :
Cruz, Isabel F. ; Lucas, Wendy T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
23-26 Sep 1997
Firstpage :
212
Lastpage :
219
Abstract :
We introduce a visualization framework called DelaunayMM for querying and presenting multimedia information in distributed databases. Users can tailor the layout of virtual documents containing multimedia information at the same time as they specify their contents in an intuitive yet formal way, using a Web-available interface. The data model that we propose is object-oriented, and the query and presentation languages are declarative and incorporate layout constraints. Our framework encompasses the retrieval of heterogeneous distributed information whose data model does not need to conform to the one used by DelaunayMM
Keywords :
Internet; data structures; data visualisation; distributed databases; document handling; multimedia computing; object-oriented databases; query languages; query processing; user interfaces; visual languages; Delaunay; World Wide Web interface; data model; distributed databases; heterogeneous distributed information retrieval; layout constraints; multimedia presentation; object-oriented database; presentation languages; query languages; querying; virtual documents; visual framework; Data models; Data visualization; Database languages; Distributed databases; Image databases; Information retrieval; Multimedia databases; Object oriented databases; Spatial databases; Visual databases;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1997. Proceedings. 1997 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Isle of Capri
ISSN :
1049-2615
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8144-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1997.626585
Filename :
626585
Link To Document :
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