Benefits of automating data translation

Author

Mamrak, Sandra A. ; Barnes, Iulie ; O´Connell, Conleth S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

88

Abstract

A description is given of the Integrated Chameleon Architecture, (ICA), a special software environment that automatically generates translation code, eliminating the error-prone process of writing and updating code, and enforces completeness in the high-level translator specification and correctness in the translated data. Two sets of translaters developed using ICA are examined. The first set translates ICA´s user manual from the La Tex markup language to Troff markup macros. The second translates documents encoded in schemes like Refer (from the roff macro family) and Bibtex (La Tex´s bibliographic package) into an encoding conventional imposed by a central bibliographic database for human-machine interaction.<>

Keywords

application generators; automatic programming; document handling; formal specification; text editing; Bibtex; ICA; Integrated Chameleon Architecture; La Tex; Refer; Troff; automatic code generation; bibliographic package; code updating; data translation automation; error elimination; high-level translator specification; human-machine interaction; markup language; markup macros; roff macro; software environment; text formatters; user manual; Data models; Databases; Dictionaries; Encoding; Independent component analysis; Man machine systems; Packaging; Productivity; Testing; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.219621

Filename

219621