Proximity searching
Oracle Database 10g provides the ability to use proximity searching (NEAR) for text.
Character set and language detection
Oracle Database 10g can determine the character set and language in a document.
Native indexing for XMLType
You can add Oracle native indexing for XMLType columns.
Java support
Oracle Database 10g provides a text application generator for JDeveloper.
GeoRaster
This feature is used for storing, indexing, querying, analyzing, and delivering raster image data, associated spatial vector geometry data, and metadata.
Topology and network management
These management features include the ability to manipulate nodes and edges in a topology or network, or faces in a topology.