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The Academic Software Development (ASD) group at Stanford University is
investigating databases for media in general and images in particular.  One
of our clients is currently using Art Access and Image Access.  These are
useful but limited in some ways (e.g., attaching text to images lacks
certain features we'd like).  What other Image databases can anyone
recommend, or provide pointers to?

We are also interested in relational databases to store and retrieve
arbitrary blobs of data like rich text, various image formats, sounds,
QuickTime movies, or even blobs comprised of combinations of these. 
Ideally, such a "blobbase" should be platform-independent, with front ends
for at least Macs, NeXTs and Suns.  We'll be looking at Aldus's Fetch when
it's released, but apparently it only runs on Macs right now.  Are there
other blobbases available commercially or as shareware?  Are any schools
developing such a beast?  We are open to collaboration with other schools
on a project to create one, if nothing exists now.

Brodie Lockard
ASD group, Stanford

Brodie Lockard      brod@jessica.stanford.edu