Oracle8 Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge User's Guide Release 1.0.1 A55255-02 |
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This guide describes how to use Oracle8 Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge. This cartridge, based on technology licensed from Virage, Inc., extends the capabilities of Oracle8 Image Cartridge by allowing content-based retrieval of images.
Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge requires Oracle8 Enterprise Edition. Oracle8 and Oracle8 Enterprise Edition have the same basic features. However, several advanced features, such as data cartridges, are available only with the Enterprise Edition, and some of these features are optional. For example, to extend Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge, you must have the Enterprise Edition and the Objects Option.
For information about the differences between Oracle8 and the Oracle8 Enterprise Edition and the features and options that are available to you, see Getting to Know Oracle8.
This guide is intended for anyone who is interested in storing, retrieving, and manipulating image data in an Oracle database, including developers of image specialization cartridges.
This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:
For more information about using this data cartridge in a development environment, see the following documents in the Release 8.0 Oracle Server documentation set:
For information about the Oracle8 Image Cartridge, see the Oracle8 Image Cartridge User's Guide.
Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge is based on technology licensed from Virage, Inc. Visit the Virage web site for additional information about this ongoing relationship: http://www.virage.com/oracle.
In this guide, Oracle8 Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge is sometimes referred to as Visual Information Retrieval Cartridge. Oracle Corporation's Network Computing Architecture is referred to as "the architecture."
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