Oracle Multimedia and Oracle Text
Oracle Multimedia (formerly known as interMedia) has been included with the database
since version 8.1.6 of Oracle8i. In Oracle9i, the product??™s text features became
known as Oracle Text. These features were available as options in previous versions
of Oracle:
??? The Text Management feature was formerly known as the ConText Option.
??? The Location Services evolved from the Spatial Option and supports the location
queries and the geocoding described later, in the ???Oracle Spatial??? section.
??? Image storage and manipulation features were formerly bundled in the Image
Option.
Additionally, the product extensions enable the storage and manipulation of audio
and video clips including extraction of content and organizing metadata as a CLOB
in XML format. Oracle has positioned Oracle Multimedia and Oracle Text as being
useful features for applications that typically include multiple media types since the
features integrate all of these key datatypes and their associated functions. Oracle
Multimedia and Oracle Text utilize a number of underlying database storage
options, which are described in Table 14-1.
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