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

Volume

17

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

604

Lastpage

625

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.87285

Filename

87285