This is a text description of geocode.gif. The Oracle geocoding framework consists of the Java geocoder component embedded in the Oracle8i database server as a Java Stored Procdure (JSP). A Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) is integrated in the Oracle8i database server, which provides an ideal platform on which to deploy enterprise applications written in Java as JSPs. This JSP interface can perform one-record-at-a-time or batch geocoding. JSPs are published using PL/SQL interfaces, thus making the generic geocoding interface compatible with the existing Locator API. The Java stored procedures have an interface, oracle.spatial.geocoder, that must be implemented by each vendor whose geocoder is integrated with interMedia Locator. The procedures also require certain object types to be defined and metadata tables to be populated in each user's schema. The third party geocoding service must be installed on a local network and be accessible through standard communication protocols such as sockets, HTTP, or CORBA.