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This chapter describes the architecture of the MultiMedia Document Database (MMD) of the SPRITE system. The MultiMedia Document Database is used to maintain all documents created or manipulated in the SPRITE system, as well as all information about these documents, the relationships between the documents and the information about their users. Because of the complex structure and behaviour of the documents an object oriented approach was adopted. However, because of the state of technology, a relational database management system was selected for the implementation. The chapter explains how the complex object oriented semantics of the MMD is realised on top of a relational database by means of a number of layers and how integrity constraints are dealt with. The approach described is independent of technical documents and can be applied to any application domain.
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De Troyer, O., Briales de las Heras, M.J. (1992). Architecture of a Multimedia Document Database. In: Hoppe, J. (eds) Integrated Management of Technical Documentation. Research Reports ESPRIT, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84840-7_7
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