Oracle Multimedia
Oracle Multimedia (formerly Oracle interMedia from versions 8 to 10gR2[1]) is a feature available for Oracle databases, which provides multimedia utilities in a database environment, generating as a result a multimedia database (MMDB). Oracle Multimedia was deprecated in Oracle 18c[2] and desupported in Oracle 19c.[3]
| Original author(s) | Oracle Corporation |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Oracle Corporation |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Software framework |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | Official website |
Functionalities
Oracle Multimedia is a framework which:[4]
- as a general-purpose feature enables the management and retrieval of image, audio, and video data
- recognizes the most popular multimedia formats and can automate metadata extraction and basic image-processing
- facilitates the development of multimedia applications using JSPs, servlets, PL/SQL (with new packages) or tools such as JDeveloper (ADF/UIX) and Oracle Portal.
Oracle Multimedia manages multimedia data within an Oracle database under transaction control (see transaction processing); using by default database schemas named ORDSYS and ORDPLUGINS (the "ORD" prefix designates "object-relational data").
ORDSYS provides four media classes:[5]
- ORDAudio
- ORDDoc
- ORDImage
- ORDVideo
Alternatively, an Oracle database can use Oracle Multimedia to store and index meta-information together with external references that enable efficient access to media-content stored outside the database.
References
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"Multimedia User's Guide". docs.oracle.com. Oracle Technology Network. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
In Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1), the name Oracle interMedia was changed to Oracle Multimedia. The feature remains the same, only the name has changed.
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"Deprecation of Oracle Multimedia". docs.oracle.com. Oracle Technology Network. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
Starting in Oracle Database 18c, Oracle Multimedia is deprecated. Oracle Multimedia will be desupported in Oracle Database 19c.
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"Desupported Features in Oracle Database 19c". docs.oracle.com. Oracle Technology Network. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
Oracle Multimedia is desupported in Oracle Database 19c, and the implementation is removed.
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Steve Guilford (Jul 17, 2013). "Putting the Oracle Database to Work as a Multimedia Data Warehouse". Database trends and applications.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Lynne Dunckley; Larry Guros (8 April 2011). Digital Press (ed.). Oracle 10g Developing Media Rich Applications. ISBN 978-0-08-049201-8.