Title :
MedMaker: a mediation system based on declarative specifications
Author :
Papakonstantinou, Yannis ; Garcia-Molina, Hector ; Ullman, Jeffrey
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
26 Feb-1 Mar 1996
Abstract :
Mediators are used for integration of heterogeneous information sources. We present a system for declaratively specifying mediators. It is targeted for integration of sources with unstructured or semi-structured data and/or sources with changing schemas. We illustrate the main features of the Mediator Specification Language (MSL), show how they facilitate integration, and describe the implementation of the system that interprets the MSL specifications
Keywords :
data structures; distributed databases; formal specification; specification languages; MSL specifications; MedMaker mediation system; Mediator Specification Language; changing schema sources; declarative specifications; heterogeneous information source integration; mediators; semi-structured data; unstructured data; Application software; Computer science; Data models; Database languages; Electronic mail; Knowledge representation; Mediation; Predictive models; Specification languages;
Conference_Titel :
Data Engineering, 1996. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7240-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICDE.1996.492097
