A composable data management architecture for scientific applications

Author

Ma, Yu ; Bramley, Randall

Author_Institution

Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

38557

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

44

Abstract

With ever increasing computational power, data management has become crucial for scientific applications today. Most on-going research efforts are dedicated to generalizing universal requirements and schemas for building generic data management systems. By closely studying a broad range of scientific applications including X-ray crystallography, radiation therapy, automated photometry and comparative genomics, a composable data management architecture for scientific applications is presented, which instead aims at providing a set of orthogonal components for each scientific application to quickly and easily construct its customized data management system. The prototype architecture is described in detail, and the component interfaces are defined in SIDL (Scientific Interface Definition Language). Results of building customized data management systems for a variety of scientific applications are also discussed.

Keywords

X-ray crystallography; database management systems; genetics; natural sciences computing; photometry; radiation therapy; software architecture; specification languages; Scientific Interface Definition Language; X-ray crystallography; automated photometry; comparative genomics; composable data management architecture; data management system; radiation therapy; scientific application; Bioinformatics; Biomedical applications of radiation; Buildings; Computer architecture; Crystallography; Energy management; Genomics; Photometry; Power system management; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments, 2005. CLADE 2005. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9043-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLADE.2005.1520897

Filename

1520897