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Developing and Maintaining an Object-Oriented Distributed Multimedia Information System

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As object-oriented analysis and design techniques mature, the promises of object-orientation become more realizable. The advent of multimedia hardware and software technology give rise to a need for generalized multimedia data access methods. This paper describes the object-oriented development and subsequent maintenance of ENFORMS, an object-oriented distributed multimedia information system. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using object-oriented analysis and design techniques to develop a general client–server architecture for browsing, retrieving, and analyzing distributed multimedia data. We also describe lessons learned from this project, including the impact of a rigorous application of object-oriented analysis and design techniques.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Betty H.C. Cheng

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, PO Box 875406, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA

    Gerald C. Gannod

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Cheng, B.H., Gannod, G.C. Developing and Maintaining an Object-Oriented Distributed Multimedia Information System. Annals of Software Engineering 12, 95–118 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013358620279

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