Zhou, J.J.Zhou2022-03-092022-03-091994https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/322833The management of multimedia data in distributed environments is an important issue in many telework applications. While geographically dispersed, participants of telework use telecommunication as a tool to connect them in a common information space. This article discusses using database technology to support data retrieal and data sharing in the common information space. It also presents the design and implementation of a distributed image database system, and introduces its use in a medical teleteaching support system.enapplicationmultimedia database systemMultimedia Information SystemTelekommunikationtelework006conference paper