AXMEDIS Database and query Support

AXMEDIS Database and query Support

In any content factory and for many actors of the value chain, one of the most relevant problems is the storage and retrieval of digital content. In many cases, the problems is complicated by the fact that several different formats and information types have to be managed and maintained related, such as: digital resources, packages, styles, licenses, protection information, contracts, license models, etc.

The AXMEDIS database area with the query support is the answer to such a problem since it:

• is capable of storing object with an efficient and customizable indexing of metadata in order to help in a future object retrieving.
• permits to make integrated queries by the means of a query user interface that is able to return back results provided by the Query Support Web Service. Those queries can be applied on different sources and results are returned in an integrated manner:
  • local AXMEDIS database;
  • connected CMS via the crawler;
  • AXMEDIS P2P network and thus on all the other AXEPTools connected.

Among the returned results the user can easily decide to load one of more objects from the AXMEDIS database directly in the AXMEDIS editor he/she is using.
In short, the AXMEDIS database are and query support is part of the core infrastructure of the user factory dedicated to the storage of AXMEDIS object with the capability of querying itself and other source such as legacy CMS and other factories by the means of the P2P network.