Requirement analysis for next generation electronic mail systems

Author

Hui, S.C. ; Foo, S. ; Daroy, C.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Appl. Sci., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

6-11 Sep 1993

Firstpage

735

Abstract

This paper examines the design requirements for constructing a next generation multimedia electronic mail system in contrast to existing ASCII-text mail systems. The design and implementation of such an electronic mail system are a difficult task as they require extensive use of various techniques for accommodating retrieval, indexing, query processing, user interface and storage of multimedia data. Furthermore, the issue of heterogeneity and interconnectivity must also be resolved. Careful considerations of the system have led to the design and implementation of an object-based multimedia electronic mail system on a heterogeneous environment

Keywords

electronic mail; indexing; information retrieval; multimedia communication; object-oriented methods; query processing; technological forecasting; user interfaces; design requirements; heterogeneity; heterogeneous environment; indexing; interconnectivity; object-based multimedia electronic mail system; query processing; retrieval; storage of multimedia data; user interface; Electronic mail; Filtering; Graphics; Indexing; Information retrieval; Multimedia systems; Postal services; Query processing; Switches; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 1993. International Conference on Information Engineering '93. 'Communications and Networks for the Year 2000', Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1445-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICON.1993.515685

Filename

515685