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Heterogeneous database integration architecture based on a conversation theoretic skeleton

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The Next Generation of Information Systems: From Data to Knowledge (IJCAI 1991)

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We present an architecture 1 for heterogeneous database integration based on the paradigm of cooperating database access agents (DBAs). DBAs encapsulate existing databases (relational, Codasyl, etc.) and implement two forms of integrated database access: corporate applications and interoperation. DBAs ensure that existing systems retain their autonomy, while sharing information as defined in a process called database integration.

The architecture is based on a skeleton of processes patterned according to conversation theory. DBAs enter into a number of different types of dialogues, including query processing, interactive support for semantic modelling and integration, distributed planning for constraint satisfaction, etc.

We also present the evolutionary approach taken to build the basic semantic modelling layers of the integration platform, using object-oriented technology for implementation.

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Bernus, P. (1992). Heterogeneous database integration architecture based on a conversation theoretic skeleton. In: Papazoglou, M.P., Zeleznikow, J. (eds) The Next Generation of Information Systems: From Data to Knowledge. IJCAI 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 611. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55616-8_49

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