Oracle Multimedia (formerly Oracle interMedia from versions 8 to 10gR2) 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 and desupported in Oracle 19c.
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.
See also
References
"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. http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10777/preface.htm#IMURG11501 ↩
"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. https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/upgrd/terminal-release-oracle-multimedia.html#GUID-DBA90E57-2BD8-4CEE-A74B-BFC889B78057 ↩
"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. https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/upgrd/behavior-changes-deprecated-desupport-oracle-database.html#GUID-4B922F38-109D-42DF-B2AD-698E9FD8A8DE ↩
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) http://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Think-About-It/Putting-the-Oracle-Database-to-Work-as-a-Multimedia-Data-Warehouse-90735.aspx ↩
Lynne Dunckley; Larry Guros (8 April 2011). Digital Press (ed.). Oracle 10g Developing Media Rich Applications. ISBN 978-0-08-049201-8. 978-0-08-049201-8 ↩