The LIRE (Lucene Image REtrieval) library provides a simple way to create a Lucene index of image features for content-based image retrieval (CBIR), which allows searching for similar images. The used features are taken from the MPEG-7 standard: ScalableColor, ColorLayout, and EdgeHistogram. Furthermore, methods for searching the index are provided. License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes: This release contains three additional features: Tamura, CEDD, and a color histogram implementation. CEDD and Tamura provide additional improvements. A FastMap implementation is included for optimization of the indexing process in a later release. Some bugs were fixed in the MPEG-7 EdgeHistogram descriptor provided in the cbir-library jar file and in color-only search. Note that due to the increased number of features, the extensive document builder needs significantly more time for extraction than in the last release.

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