Title :
Information resources management in heterogeneous, distributed environments: A metadatabase approach
Author :
Hsu, Cheng ; Bouziane, M´hamed ; Rattner, Laurie ; Yee, Lester
Author_Institution :
Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The core structure of a metadatabase system for information integration in heterogeneous and distributed environments, the global information resources dictionary (GIRD) model for unified metadata representation and management (both data and knowledge), is discussed. Overviews of metadatabase systems and the two-stage entity relationship (TSER) representation method are presented. To illustrate some major properties of the metadatabase model, and to show how the GIRD elements fit together to deliver these properties, manufacturing information management examples are given. The GIRD and the information resources dictionary system (IRDS) standard are compared
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; database management systems; database theory; distributed processing; manufacturing data processing; software engineering; GIRD elements; IRDS; TSER; core structure; distributed environments; global information resources dictionary; information integration; information resource management; information resources dictionary system; manufacturing information management examples; metadatabase model; metadatabase system; two-stage entity relationship; unified metadata representation; Computer aided software engineering; Dictionaries; Engineering management; Environmental management; Information management; Information resources; Knowledge management; Productivity; Resource management; Software development management;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
