Oracle and Digital Libraries  

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Oracle 9i Database 
In 9i the interMedia Text component is Oracle Text.

Oracle interMedia 

Overview by Omar Alonso, Omar.Alonso@oracle.com, 650-607-3410:

Briefly, Oracle interMedia extends Oracle8i to manage rich content, including text, documents, image, audio, video, and geographic location, together with traditional business information.

interMedia is a standard feature of Oracle8i. It is included with every Oracle8i license, and provides content services to JDeveloper, Oracle Developer, iFS, WebDB, Oracle applications and Oracle partners.

Using interMedia services it is possible to . . .

• Use standard SQL to index and search text and documents stored in Oracle8i, in files and on the Web, including metadata associated with rich content, to provide retrieval capabilities fundamental to Web and other applications.
• Parse, index, and load rich content in Oracle8i and deploy to the Web with support for popular web page composition tools, web server technologies, and Web media formats (e.g., GIF, JPG, AU, WAV, MP3, QT, Real) delivered in either batch or streaming modes.
• Develop dynamic Web applications with rich media content using interMedia APIs for Java, C++ and PL/SQL.
• Tune Oracle8i based content repositories to achieve scalability and reliability superior to o.s. file based systems.