| Level | Postgraduate |
| ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Duration | 2 semesters (Autumn and Spring) |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Prerequisite(s) | |
| Aim | Give the students knowledge in techniques, technologies, and components that are necessary for developing media system databases. This includes knowledge on the common multimedia and meta-data data models and the differences, similarities, and interoperation between different types of models. |
| Content | Data models, markup languages, data modelling and transformations, information retrieval and content-based retrieval, meta-data models, data integrity and consistence, historical data and versioning, media streaming, multimedia databases, format independence – separation of content and layout, media database business |
| Study Methods | Lectures, Group Works, Exercises |
| Assessment | Written Exam, 5 hours (counts 40%) Project Work (counts 40%) Assignment(s) (counts 20%) Induvidual Assignments |
| Grading System | Alphabetical Scale, A (best) - F (fail) |
| Course Requirements | Project(s) Participation in group projects |
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