Dynamic propagation and linking of information metadata using mobile agents

Author

Fussl, Thomas ; Utermann, Heike

Author_Institution

Inst. for Data Process., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

750

Lastpage

754

Abstract

We present a concept based on mobile agents, that allows users to find useful information within a certain domain without knowing the exact location of the information resource. The description of the resource content and its location, the information metadata, is listed within a directory. Using mobile agents, different directories can be linked among each other to create a global distributed and dynamic directory. Based on the functionality of the underlying mobile agent system, we show a method to propagate the location of a single directory independent of centralized routing information

Keywords

Internet; distributed programming; information resources; information retrieval; meta data; software agents; Internet; World Wide Web; global distributed dynamic directory; information metadata linking; information resource; information retrieval; mobile agents; resource content; Data processing; Information resources; Information retrieval; Information systems; Internet; Joining processes; Mobile agents; Resource management; Routing; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1999. Proceedings. Tenth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0281-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.1999.795278

Filename

795278