An efficient data interface for heterogeneous distributed environments

Author

Lin, David D H ; Shirazi, Behrooz ; Kavi, Krishna

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

9-12 Jun 1992

Firstpage

390

Lastpage

397

Abstract

A multi-language-based data interface system for heterogeneous distributed processing is introduced. A prototyped environment based on this system is discussed, and an evaluation of the prototyped system is presented. It is shown that by keeping the syntax of the specification language flexible and close to existing high-level languages, a user can learn the interface language quickly. Semantically, this data interface views structured data as consisting of two parts: the data values themselves and the representation of the structure among the data values. Through this separation, it is possible to have pipelined data type checking and data conversion operations

Keywords

distributed processing; programming environments; specification languages; user interfaces; data conversion operations; data interface; heterogeneous distributed environments; multi-language-based data interface system; pipelined data type checking; prototyped environment; specification language; structured data; syntax; Application software; Computer science; Data conversion; Data structures; Distributed processing; Focusing; Operating systems; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2865-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1992.235016

Filename

235016