Semantic Model for Multimedia Database Searching and Browsing begins with an introduction to multimedia information applications, the need for the development of multimedia database management system (MDBMSs), and important issues and challenges of multimedia systems. Semantic Model for Multimedia Database Searching and Browsing is an excellent reference and can be used in advanced courses for researchers, scientists, industry professionals, software engineers, students and general readers interested in the issues, challenges, and the ideas that underlie current practice of multimedia presentations, multimedia database searching, and browsing of multimedia in the multimedia information system.