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SPIRE: a digital library for scientific information

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In this paper we describe the architecture and implementation of a digital library framework for scientific data, particularly imagery, with a focus on support for content-based search. Content is specified by the user at one or more of the following abstraction levels: pixel, feature, and semantic. An object-definition mechanism has been developed that supports example-based and constraint-based specification of both simple and complex query targets.This framework incorporates a methodology yielding a computationally efficient implementation of image processing algorithms, thus allowing the interactive, real-time extraction and manipulation of user-specified features and content during the execution of queries. The framework is well-suited for searching scientific databases, including satellite imagery, and medical and seismic data repositories, where the richness of the information does not allow the a priori generation of exhaustive indexes.

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Received: 19 December 1998 / Revised: 9 June 1999

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Bergman, L., Castelli, V., Li, CS. et al. SPIRE: a digital library for scientific information. Int J Digit Libr 3, 85–99 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021478

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