Title :
Describing data on the grid
Author :
Westhead, Martin ; Wen, Ted ; Carroll, Robert
Author_Institution :
EPCC, Edinburgh Univ., UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Grid Computing, 2003. Proceedings. Fourth International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2026-X
DOI :
10.1109/GRID.2003.1261708
