DocumentCode
2518318
Title
Describing data on the grid
Author
Westhead, Martin ; Wen, Ted ; Carroll, Robert
Author_Institution
EPCC, Edinburgh Univ., UK
fYear
2003
fDate
17 Nov. 2003
Firstpage
134
Lastpage
140
Abstract
The development of standards for describing format, structure and semantic content of data is essential for its automatic manipulation within a grid. We describe two related pieces of work that aim to address this need. BinX is a language with supporting tools and library for describing binary data, developed as part of the eDIKT project at the National eScience Centre. The data format description language (DFDL) is a global grid forum working group, which draws on the BinX work and aims to develop an extensible standard for describing these features of data formats.
Keywords
XML; data description; database languages; formal specification; grid computing; specification languages; BinX language; XML; automatic grid manipulation; data description; data format description language; formal specification; semantic data content; Data systems; Grid computing; Humans; Information retrieval; Internet; Libraries; Marine technology; Standards development; US Department of Defense; XML;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Grid Computing, 2003. Proceedings. Fourth International Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2026-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GRID.2003.1261708
Filename
1261708
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