MQL-a query language for multimedia database

Author

Kau, Shu-Chen ; Tseng, Judy C R

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

1994

fDate

16-19 May 1994

Firstpage

37012

Lastpage

38838

Abstract

Proposes a query language, called MQL (Multimedia Query Language), for specifying and manipulating various types of multimedia information efficiently. The data models that describe the multimedia applications and varieties of media data types are established with the object-oriented notation. What the query language consists of can be separated into two parts: one is the data definition language and the other is the data manipulation language. In addition to common functions, MQL provides additional features, such as historical alternative multimedia matching queries, complex queries and nested queries. These functions satisfy most of the requirements of multimedia database querying. Consequently, MQL offers more powerful data access mechanisms for multimedia applications

Keywords

data structures; multimedia computing; object-oriented languages; query languages; MQL; Multimedia Query Language; complex queries; data access mechanisms; data definition language; data manipulation language; data models; historical alternative multimedia matching queries; media data types; multimedia database querying; multimedia information manipulation; nested queries; object-oriented notation; Data models; Database languages; Energy management; Information management; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Pattern matching; Relational databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Communications, 1994. MULTIMEDIA '94., 5th IEEE COMSOC International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWMC.1994.601220

Filename

601220