<s>
Global	B-Application
Memory	I-Application
Net	I-Application
(	O
GMNet	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
world	O
digital	O
library	O
of	O
cultural	O
,	O
historical	O
,	O
and	O
heritage	O
image	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GMNet	O
provides	O
multilingual	O
and	O
multimedia	O
content	O
and	O
retrieval	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
links	O
directly	O
to	O
major	O
resources	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
OCLC	O
,	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
,	O
Million	O
Book	O
Project	O
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Global	B-Application
Memory	I-Application
Net	I-Application
superseded	O
Chinese	O
Memory	O
Net	O
(	O
CMNet	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
NSF/IDLP	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMNet	O
later	O
expanded	O
to	O
represent	O
global	O
collections	O
and	O
officially	O
became	O
Global	B-Application
Memory	I-Application
Net	I-Application
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content-based	B-Application
image	I-Application
retrieval	I-Application
(	O
CBIR	B-Application
)	O
:	O
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
key	O
features	O
of	O
Global	B-Application
Memory	I-Application
Net	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
user	O
can	O
gain	O
familiarity	O
with	O
an	O
unknown	O
collection	O
through	O
CBIR	B-Application
using	O
Random	O
and	O
Browse	O
image	O
searches	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
the	O
collections	O
without	O
requiring	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
retrieves	O
images	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
color	O
and	O
shape	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
CBIR	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Prof	O
.	O
James	O
Z	O
.	O
Wang	O
at	O
Penn	O
State	O
University	O
,	O
but	O
modified	O
in-house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
resources	O
include	O
OCLC	O
,	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
,	O
Million	O
Books	O
,	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
and	O
Google	B-Application
Books	I-Application
,	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
and	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Global	B-Application
Memory	I-Application
Net	I-Application
,	O
2003	O
on	O
-	O
US	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
,	O
Asian	O
Division	O
;	O
Hainan	O
University	O
,	O
Hainan	O
,	O
China	O
;	O
Shanghai	O
Jiao-Tong	O
U	O
,	O
Shanghai	O
;	O
Sichuan	O
University	O
,	O
Chengdu	O
,	O
China	O
;	O
Tsurumi	O
University	O
,	O
Yokohoma	O
,	O
Japan	O
;	O
University	O
J	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Strossmayer	O
,	O
Osijek	O
,	O
Croatia	O
;	O
Vietnam	O
Museum	O
of	O
Ethnology	O
,	O
Hanoi	O
,	O
Vietnam	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
