Message-Id: <mailto:199407181736.MAA12044@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 15:15:50 GMT From: "J.W. White" <mailto:u2jww@CSC.LIV.AC.UK> Subject: Image Database project To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _/ _/% \%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL _/ _/%\\ \\\%% % \%% \\\\ \%% \\\\ \% Department of Computer Science _/ _/%%% \%%%% \\ \\ \%% \%%% \%% \%%% \% ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ/ _/%%% \%%%% \%\\% \%% \%%% \%% \\% IMAGE DATABASE PROJECT _/ _/%%% \%%%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% \\\\ \% ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ/ _/%%% \%%%% \%%%% \%% \%%% \%% \%%% \% TEAM: Dr Bernard Diaz (Director) _/ _/% \%% \%%%% \%% \\%% \\% John Killoran _/ _/%\\\\\\%%\\%%%%\\%%\\\\\\%%%\\\\\\%% Jeremy White _/ _/%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/The Liverpool University Image Database Group is constructing a report (which will be available as a Gopher resouce) titled:
"Image Database Systems for Unix Environments".
Although primarily interested in hardware and software (we hope to cover both working and research systems), we wish to contact potential and current users to enhance our understanding of the image database requirement. Although our brief is to cover the Unix environment - we hope to look at anything that might be out there.
Our aim is to generate a "wish list" which might serve as a pointer for research, as well as a "which guide" to what is currently available. Consequently, we are not too concerned about what might be an "image database" - we are interested in what the community thinks is one and the facilities it does or should provide.
Given these aims; we seek users, developers of databases, and systems and research people who are prepared to share with us their expertise. In return we will ensure they get an early copy of the report. If you can help us, please respond to these questions.
1. do you wish to be registered to receive a copy of the report; if yes please provide your full Name and Postal Address.
2. how do you define an image database ? Do you consider yourself an image database end-user or potential end-user, a database developer, or an image database systems person ?
3. what is your experience of image databases ? are you a regular user ? how would you rate your a) practical knowledge, b) knowledge of theoretical issues ?
4. what image database systems do you know of ? what hard/software requirements do they have ? What are your opinions of them ?
5. who do you reckon are the experts in the field of Image Database ?
6. assuming no constraints - what would your ideal system provide by way of facilities ? How would you expect to use it ?
7. what features would you expect to see in a minimal image database system ?
If you merely "reply" to this posting it should get to us. If you can include details of the newsgroup on which you found the posting we would consider that a bonus. Alternatively, if you email us (mailto:imdb@csc.liv.ac.uk) please include the word "posting" in the subject field of the header.
In anticipation - Many thanks for your help.
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ If absolutely pressed OUR definition of "image database" would include:
image, digital photograph, and picture archives, video clip databases, cad/cae/cal databases, fine art image libraries, art photographs, medical image libraries including thermal imaging pix etc, geographical information systems (gis) in their widest sense - including remote sensor imagery, visualisation databases, digital imagery of manuscripts, animation libraries, etc.