[1] The multimedia data include one or more primary media data types such as text, images, graphic objects (including drawings, sketches and illustrations) animation sequences, audio and video.
A Multimedia Database Management System (MMDBMS) is a framework that manages different types of data potentially represented in a wide diversity of formats on a wide array of media sources.
The information is about the following: The last three types are called metadata as they describe several different aspects of the media data.
(Query support) They should have the ability to retrieve media objects from a local storage device in a good manner.
(Presentation and delivery support) Examples of multimedia database application areas: