dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaXML for Domain Viewpoints
| Authors | F. van Lingen, R. McClatchey, P. v/d Stok, I. Willers |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0107072 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0107072 |
Abstract
Within research institutions like CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) there are often disparate databases (different in format, type and structure) that users need to access in a domain-specific manner. Users may want to access a simple unit of information without having to understand detail of the underlying schema or they may want to access the same information from several different sources. It is neither desirable nor feasible to require users to have knowledge of these schemas. Instead it would be advantageous if a user could query these sources using his or her own domain models and abstractions of the data. This paper describes the basis of an XML (eXtended Markup Language) framework that provides this functionality and is currently being developed at CERN. The goal of the first prototype was to explore the possibilities of XML for data integration and model management. It shows how XML can be used to integrate data sources. The framework is not only applicable to CERN data sources but other environments too.
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"title": "XML for Domain Viewpoints",
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