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Creating a high-quality multimedia database application is a complex and labor-intensive process. This problem has become especially acute with the advent of contemporary multimedia systems that have become large and powerful at the expense of programming ease and program maintenance Using traditional relational database fourth generation languages (4GLs), users cannot effectively develop the multimedia database applications of today. Therefore a new type of 4GL is required. In the paper, we introduce a multimedia database application development script called Kasuga Script, which our group has developed from scratch. To help users write applications in Kasuga Script, Kasuga Script offers object classes, both navigational and declarative query functionality, tags, transvalue, and operation process.
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Shirota, Y., Nakayama, H., Iizawa, A. (1996). A New Type of Fourth Generation Language for Multimedia Databases: Kasuga Script. In: Terashima, N., Altman, E. (eds) Advanced IT Tools. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34979-4_24
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