Provides connectivity to AIM Database. AIM objects are stored internally in a IBM DB2 Database.
The table that stores these objects has the following schema :
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<table>
	<thead>
		<th>Column Name</th><th>Description</th><th>Data Type</th>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr><td>UNIQUE_ID</td><td>UniqueIdentifier for AnnotationCollection </td><td>varchar(64)</td></tr>
		<tr><td>REVIEWER</td><td> Reviewer</td><td>varchar(64)</td></tr>
		<tr><td>DATE_CREATED</td><td> Date Created </td><td>timestamp</td></tr>
		<tr><td>PATIENT_ID</td><td> PatientID or Subject </td><td>varchar(64)</td></tr>
		<tr><td>XMLCOLUMN</td><td>Entire AIM object in XML format </td><td>xml</td></tr>
		<tr><td>DATA_SOURCE</td><td> Contains source of AIM object. For example : bindaas, etc. </td><td>varchar(120)</td></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>