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How do you query a video library, an image database containing X rays, or sounds in an audio database? Principles of Multimedia Database Systems explains how to work with these new multimedia data forms. It is the first comprehensive treatment of the skills and techniques required to build, maintain, and query multimedia databases. This book presents the mix of techniques necessary for working with multimedia data bases, including solutions for the design and deployment of multimedia database systems. Principles of Multimedia Database Systems teaches basic theoretical principles applicable to any database, allowing for the constantly changing multimedia database landscape.