Kosch\, Harald
This book is a concise but informative work that approaches the multi-faceted subject of distributed multimedia database management from an authoritative and knowledgeable perspective. ...This book is invaluable to anyone trying to understand how these technologies come together to deliver quality multimedia access to smart space environments. ...it is a must read guide on how to design and implement distributed MPEG-7/MPEG-21-compliant MMDBMS for the future. -Minaz Parmar, The Computer Journal, Vol. 48, No. 5, 2005