Model-Driven Development of Content-Based Image Retrieval Systems

: Generic systems for content-based image retrieval (CBIR), such as QBIC [7] cannot be used to solve domain-specific image retrieval problems, as for example, the identification of manuscript writers based on the visual characteristics of their handwriting. Domain-specific CBIR systems currently have to be implemented bottom up, i.e. almost from scratch, each time a new domain-specific solution is sought. Inspired by the recognition, that CBIR systems, although developed for different domain-problems, comprise similar building blocks and architecture, the idea of adopting model-driven development techniques for generating CBIR systems was elaborated. To support the design of domainspecific CBIR-Systems on a conceptual level by reusing data structure and functional interfaces a framework model is developed, which can be used to derive concrete domainspecific CBIR models. A transformation approach for the generation of a platform-specific implementation on top of an object-relational dat...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ICDIM
• Authors: Temenushka Ignatova
• Keywords: CBIR, CBIR Systems, ICDIM 2006, Image Retrieval, Information Management