System and method for high performance template driven metadata schema mapping and data storage for surveillance and sensor devices

A surveillance and sensor application system, comprising:

• at least two devices including at least one of video surveillance devices or sensor devices;
• at least two applications including at least one of a surveillance application or a sensor network application, wherein the applications produce metadata messages of varying formats;
• at least two metadata databases storing the metadata messages of varying formats;
• and
• at least two metadata database adaptors associated with the metadata databases and adapting the metadata messages of varying formats according to the needs of their respective databases.

A method for collection creation, comprising:

• obtaining an XML data schema;
• registering a collection;
• and
• using the XML data schema to populate the collection with metadata in a database.

A method of query criteria generation, comprising:

• processing a query definition with a query template mapping to generate a query according to a first query language;
• applying template mapping knowledge, including template mapping data and rules, for fast generation, based on the query, of a database query according to a second query language;
• and
• saving the database query into collection query metadata in a database.