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We present EVA — a language that deals with the temporal and spatial aspect of multimedia information retrieval and delivery, in addition to providing the usual capabilities of the ordinary database languages. EVA is an extension of the query language Varqa, and provides the following capabilities for management and retrieval of multimedia information: query operators, update operators, computational operators, screen management operators, and temporal operators.
EVA is a functional language whose notation is based on that of conventional set theory. It is formally defined using the mathematical framework of many sorted algebra. EVA is object oriented and supports objects, object classes, and relationships between objects (in the form of functions). The current implementation of EVA deals with textual data, images, and conventional data.
This research is supported by a grant from Bull Worldwide Information Systems.
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Golshani, F., Dimitrova, N. (1992). Design and Specification of EVA: a language for multimedia database systems. In: Tjoa, A., Ramos, I. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7557-6_61
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