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Chapter 30 Emerging Database Technologies and Applications Chapter Outline 1 Mobile Databases 2 Multimedia Databases 3 Geographic Information Systems 4 GENOME Data Management Chapter Outline 1 Mobile Databases 1.1 Mobile Computing Architecture 1.2 Characteristics of Mobile Environments 1.3 Data Management Issues 1.4 Application: Intermittently Synchronized Databases 2 Multimedia Databases 2.1 The Nature of Multimedia Data and Applications 2.2 Data Management Issues 2.3 Open Research Problems 2.4 Multimedia Database Applications Chapter Outline contd. 3 Geographic Information Systems 3.1 GIS Applications 3.2 Data Management Requirements of GIS 3.3 Specific GIS Data Operations 3.4 An Example of GIS Software: ARC-INFO 3.5 Problems and Future issues in GIS 4 GENOME Data Management 4.1 Biological Sciences and Genetics 4.2 Characteristics of Biological Data 4.3 The Human Genome Project and Existing Biological Database Emerging Database Technologies and Applications Emerging database technologies The major application domains 1 Mobile Databases Recent advances in portable and wireless technology led to mobile computing, a new dimension in data communication and processing. Portable computing devices coupled with wireless communications allow clients to access data from virtually anywhere and at any time. There are a number of hardware and software problems that must be resolved before the capabilities of mobile computing can be fully utilized. Some of the software problems – which may involve data management, transaction management, and database recovery – have their origins in distributed database systems. 1 Mobile Databases 2 In mobile computing, the problems are more difficult, mainly: The limited and intermittent connectivity afforded by wireless communications. The limited life of the power supply battery . The changing topology of the network. In addition, mobile computing introduces new architectural possibilities and challenges. 1.1 Mobile Computing Architec