Multimedia Document Retrieval
The simplest form of identifying a multimedia document is by storage platter identification and its relative position on the platter identification and its relative position on the platter. These objects can then be grouped using a database in folders or within complex objects representing hypermedia documents.
The capability to access objects using identifiers stored in a database requires capability in a database to perform the required multimedia object directory functions. Another important application for sound and full motion video is the ability to clip parts of it and combine them into another set.
Indexing of sound and full motion video is the subject of intense debate and a number of approaches have been used
