Metadata management and the VISTA system

Author

Dombrowski, E.G. ; Snyder, W.A. ; Heckathorn, H.M.

Author_Institution

Backgrounds Data Center, Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

4-7 Jan. 1994

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

427

Abstract

Data centers world-wide are currently addressing the problems associated with the maintenance, access, and analysis of geophysical and celestial databases. One approach has been to focus on the use of visualization techniques to parse and display data, thus allowing for a reduction in the overall time spent in the analysis process. Metadata (information about data) management and visualization techniques are both important elements in this endeavour. Graphical user interface systems, like the Visual Interface for Space and Terrestrial Analysis (VISTA), provide a visually oriented environment that allows for quick and efficient data assessment. The VISTA system attempts to meet the challenge of metadata and data management by providing complete query, visualization, and analysis services.<>

Keywords

astronomy computing; data visualisation; geographic information systems; geophysics computing; graphical user interfaces; query processing; visual databases; VISTA system; Visual Interface for Space and Terrestrial Analysis; analysis service; celestial databases; data assessment; data centers; data management; geophysical databases; graphical user interface systems; metadata management; query; visualization techniques;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1994. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5090-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1994.323330

Filename

323330