Oracle interMedia
| Original author(s) | Oracle Corporation |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Oracle Corporation |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Software framework |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | Official website |
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 is a framework which:
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:
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.
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