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The retrieval of image data in formation systems that are both global and open-ended cannot be advanced independently of the way that image-data objects are generated, processed and stored in those systems. A universal representation is needed compatible with other types of multimedia data and fully integral at the human-computer interface. Instead of imposing common standards, impossible in such an environment, a natural universal reference form is sought as a basis for understanding the general principles of image retrieval. To this end formal categories may be constructed of image-date objects and their complex structures. It is argued that all image forms are representable in the same general pullback category enabling the universal operations which can form the basis of all practical image activity.
Author(s): Rossiter BN, Heather MA
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Department of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 1999
Pages: 17
Print publication date: 01/07/1999
Source Publication Date: July 1999
Report Number: 680
Institution: Department of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/680.pdf
