Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1999. Proceedings. Tenth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0281-4
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.1999.795278
