Changes in This Release for Oracle Multimedia User's Guide

This preface lists changes in Oracle Multimedia User's Guide.

Changes in Oracle Database Release 18c, Version 18.1

The following are changes in Oracle Multimedia User's Guide for Oracle Database 18c.

Deprecated Features

  • Oracle Multimedia

    Oracle Multimedia is deprecated in this release, and may be desupported in a future release. This includes all functionality and features of Oracle Multimedia.

    Note:

    Oracle Locator is still supported in Oracle Database. The deprecation of Oracle Multimedia does not affect Oracle Locator.

    There is no replacement for Oracle Multimedia. Oracle recommends that you replace Oracle Multimedia by using Oracle SecureFiles with third-party products for metadata extraction and image processing and conversion.

Desupported Features

The following features are desupported in this release:

  • Oracle Multimedia DICOM protocol, DICOM mid-tier support, and DICOM and UCM integration

    There is no replacement for Oracle Multimedia DICOM. Oracle recommends that you replace Oracle Multimedia DICOM by using Oracle SecureFiles with third-party products for DICOM functionality. For example: Use third-party DICOM features to carry out metadata management, DICOM image conversion, and so on.

  • Oracle Multimedia Java client proxy classes, including DICOM proxy classes

    There is no replacement for Oracle Multimedia. Oracle recommends that you replace Oracle Multimedia by using Oracle SecureFiles with third-party products for metadata extraction and image processing and conversion.