Download or read book Digital Media Information Base: Proceedings Of The International Symposium written by Masatoshi Yoshikawa and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998-03-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rapid growth of computer and communication technologies, the creation, modification and distribution of digital multimedia information have become easier than ever. Such multimedia information includes still images, video, audio, texts and artifacts in virtual space. The efficient storage of valuable information and rapid access to it is crucial to all modern organizations.This proceedings volume consists of papers by researchers and academicians which explore the various aspects of the digital media information base. A special emphasis is placed on new database system technologies.