NFORMATON

ACCE88
W ln mulLlmedla daLabase ln mulLlmedla ob[ecLs are
sLored such as (LexL lmages vldeos eLc) uslng
8LC8(8lnary Large Cb[ecLs) daLaLype
W lf user needs mulLlmedla ob[ecL whlch ls sLored ln
daLabase
W 1he user flrsL express Lhelr lnformaLlon needs ln
Lhe form of an lnlLlal query Lhen mulLlmedla
query englne Lhen deLermlnes whlch ob[ecLs are
llkely Lo be relevanL for Lhe user's lnformaLlon
need
D|fferent ways are ava||ab|e to access
the Informat|on
W ulrecL
W 2 lndexed
W 3 8andom SelecLlon
W 4 aLh SelecLlon or Culded Lour
ul8LC1
W ulrecL lnformaLlon access requlres LhaL Lhe
user have some knowledge of Lhe speclflc
ob[ecL needs Lo access Such memory locaLlon
W Lxample
W SelecL * from Lablename where ob[ecL lu
2"
W 1hls allows Lhe playback Server appllcaLlon Lo
dlrecLly access Lhe vldeo ob[ecL 1he user does
noL have Lo search for lL
lnuLxLu
W lndexed mechanlsms used Lo speed up access Lo
deslred daLa
W Lg
W auLhor caLalog ln llbrary
W Lach lndex enLry conLalns a searchkey value and a
polnLer Lo Lhe row conLalnlng LhaL value
W uslng Lhe keywords or searchkey we can access Lhe
mulLlmedla ob[ecLs
W 1he user does noL need a knowledge abouL Lhe ob[ecL
where lL ls sLored 1oday mosL of Lhe search englne
works accordlng Lo Lhe lndex meLhod only
W SCL S1A1LMLn1 lC8 C8LA1lnC lnuLx
W C8LA1L lnuLx lnuLxnAML Cn
1A8LLnAML(CCLuMn nAML C8 A118l8u1L
nAML)
8AnuCM SLLLC1lCn
W ln Lhls form of lnformaLlon access Lhe user
can plck one of several posslble lLems
W 1hls ls useful lf Lhe user has very llLLle
lnformaLlon and Lhe user musL browse
Lhrough Lhe lnformaLlon
W LxAMLL
W SLLLC1 *l8CM SCnC WPL8L SongSlze
4 M8"
W ln Lhls query several posslble lLems are
accessed
W 8ecause many songs have slze greaLer Lhan 4
Mb
A1P SLLLC1lCn
W 1he appllcaLlon guldes Lhe user Lhrough a
predeflned paLh across a number of ob[ecLs and
operaLlons 1he appllcaLlon works as a fronL end
and mulLlmedla daLabase works as back end
W 1he overall access ls conLrolled by Lhe
appllcaLlon
W Lxample
W ln vb appllcaLlon such as
W move nexL move prevlous
W 88CWSlnC C8 SLA8CP LnClnL
W We have already seen LhaL browslng ls
useful when Lhe user does noL have enough
knowledge abouL Lhe ob[ecL Lo access lL
dlrecLly