Interconnecting Heterogeneous Information Systems
Information systems are the backbone of many of today's computerized applications. Distributed databases and the infrastructure needed to support them have been well studied. However, this book is the first to address distributed database interoperability by examining the successes and failures...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Advances in Database Systems
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Modeling Architecture
- 2.1 Terminology
- 2.2 Global Schema Integration
- 2.3 Federated Database Systems
- 2.4 Multidatabase Language Approach
- 3. Critical Aspects of Interoperability
- 3.1 Schema and Language Translation
- 3.2 Schema Integration
- 3.3 Query Processing
- 3.4 Transactions
- 4. Research And Commercial Products
- DAPLEX
- 4.2 IRIS
- 4.3 Pegasus
- 4.4 Comandos Integration System
- 4.5 Federated Objectbase System
- 4.6 Myriad
- 4.7 Multibase
- 4.8 Mermaid
- 4.9 SIMS Project
- 4.10 InterBase
- 4.11 OMNIBASE
- 4.12 Other Systems
- 5. Middleware
- 5.1 CORBA
- 5.2 OLE/COM
- 5.3 DCE
- 5.4 OpenDoc
- 5.5 ANSAware
- 5.6 Other Relevant Middleware Technologies
- 5.7 Conclusion
- 6. Research Trends
- 6.1 Information Sharing on the Web
- 6.2 Transactional Workflows
- 6.3 Advances in Data Warehousing
- 7. Case Study 1: Webfindit Prototype
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Design Overview
- 7.3 WebTassili Language
- 7.4 Implementing WebFINDIT
- 7.5 Scalability Evaluation
- 7.6 Related Work
- 7.7 Conclusion
- 8. Case Study 2: A Transaction-Oriented Workflow Environment
- 8.1 TOWE Architecture
- 8.2 Process Definition
- 8.3 Implementation
- 8.4 Conclusion
- References