<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Oracle	B-Application
interMedia	I-Application
from	O
versions	O
8	O
to	O
10gR2	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
available	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
provides	O
multimedia	O
utilities	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
environment	O
,	O
generating	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
a	O
multimedia	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
(	O
MMDB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
18c	O
and	O
desupported	O
in	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
19c	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
framework	O
which	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
facilitates	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
multimedia	O
applications	O
using	O
JSPs	B-Language
,	O
servlets	B-Application
,	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
(	O
with	O
new	O
packages	O
)	O
or	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
JDeveloper	B-Language
(	O
ADF/UIX	O
)	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
manages	O
multimedia	O
data	O
within	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
under	O
transaction	O
control	O
(	O
see	O
transaction	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
)	O
;	O
using	O
by	O
default	O
database	B-Application
schemas	I-Application
named	O
ORDSYS	O
and	O
ORDPLUGINS	O
(	O
the	O
"	O
ORD	O
"	O
prefix	O
designates	O
"	O
object-relational	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
can	O
use	O
Oracle	B-Application
Multimedia	I-Application
to	O
store	O
and	O
index	O
meta-information	O
together	O
with	O
external	O
references	O
that	O
enable	O
efficient	O
access	O
to	O
media-content	O
stored	O
outside	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
