Objective The DOMESDAY project undertook a range of research and development activities in the field of intelligent data, voice and image storage and retrieval systems. It covered the development of a compact electronic storage system capable of providing rapid random access to very large volumes of multimedia information, such as maps, photographs and other analogue-stored pictures held with digitally held text and data. Moving video and sound were also incorporated in the database. Particular emphasis was given to a very user-friendly interface which implemented knowledge-engineering techniques. The project aimed at improving the acceptability of these systems and making them complementary to current systems through prototyping LaserVision technology combined with new advanced user interfaces based on high-level expert systems. The design of the system concentrated on widely available low-cost workstations. s. A series of major demonstrator projects were completed using the LaserVision ROM system in the field of multimedia image-based storage and retrieval systems for DOMESDAY, ECODISC, VOLCANOES and EUROFLORE. The analysis of hardware architecture based on the LaserVision ROM for a future system was supported by the Imageur Documentaire, in which the key requirements were for an interactive and user-friendly image databank. Exploitation The general and public usage of large-scale, multimedia databases was greatly stimulated. In the case of the DOMESDAY system, more than one thousand copies are now in use, mainly in the UK. The development of a LaserVision optical disc player ran in parallel with the ROM disc development. Two additional authoring packages have been developed, Domesday Display and DataMerge. These are both floppy disc based add-ons. Domesday Display consists of two discs, "Presenter" and "Captions". "Presenter" is like an electronic notebook, and allows the user to store, in any sequence, the results of their searches for easy recall and presentation. "Captions" allows the user to produce a storybook of up to200 images from the vast pictorial resources on LaserVision discs. The original system consisted of a BBC micro and a LaserVision player. Later developments in the project resulted in a PC-compatible system in order to align with standards in Europe.In addition, studies of image databanks and of the pertinent market sectors were conducted. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyvolcanologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceexpert systems Programme(s) FP1-ESPRIT 1 - European programme (EEC) for research and development in information technologies (ESPRIT), 1984-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator ESPRIT INFORMATION DESK Address Rue de la loi, 200 1049 Bruxelles Belgium See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUREAU VAN DIJK Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue louise /bte 14 boite 14 1050 Brussels See on map British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 80 wood lane W12 0TT London See on map CRIN France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard des aiguillettes 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-nancy See on map Logica Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Betjeman house 104 hills road CB2 1LQ Cambridge See on map PHILIPS DUPONT OPTICAL Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Groenenwoudseweg 5621 BA Eindhoven See on map Societe Europeenne de Propulsion SA (SEP) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 52 quai de dion bouton 92800 Puteaux See on map
