Show simple item record

A distributed architecture for environmental information systems

dc.contributor.authorPurvis, Martinen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorCranefield, Stephenen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorNowostawski, Mariuszen_NZ
dc.date.available2011-04-07T03:05:37Z
dc.date.copyright1999-04en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationPurvis, M., Cranefield, S., & Nowostawski, M. (1999). A distributed architecture for environmental information systems (Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 99/06). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/926en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/926
dc.description.abstractThe increasing availability and variety of large environmental data sets is opening new opportunities for data mining and useful cross-referencing of disparate environmental data sets distributed over a network. In order to take advantage of these opportunities, environmental information systems will need to operate effectively in a distributed, open environment. In this paper, we describe the New Zealand Distributed Information System (NZDIS) software architecture for environmental information systems. In order to optimise extensibility, openness, and flexible query processing, the architecture is organised into collaborating software agents that communicate by means of a standard declarative agent communication language. The metadata of environmental data sources are stored as part of agent ontologies, which represent information models of the domain of the data repository. The agents and the associated ontological framework are designed as much as possible to take advantage of standard object-oriented technology, such as CORBA, UML, and OQL, in order to enhance the openness and accessibility of the system.en_NZ
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.publisherUniversity of Otagoen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInformation Science Discussion Papers Seriesen_NZ
dc.subject.lcshQA76 Computer softwareen_NZ
dc.titleA distributed architecture for environmental information systemsen_NZ
dc.typeDiscussion Paperen_NZ
dc.description.versionUnpublisheden_NZ
otago.bitstream.pages13en_NZ
otago.date.accession2010-11-02 20:18:08en_NZ
otago.schoolInformation Scienceen_NZ
otago.openaccessOpen
otago.place.publicationDunedin, New Zealanden_NZ
dc.identifier.eprints989en_NZ
otago.school.eprintsSoftware Engineering & Collaborative Modelling Laboratoryen_NZ
otago.school.eprintsInformation Scienceen_NZ
dc.description.references[1] T. Mowbray and R. Malveau, CORBA Design Patterns, John Wiley & Sones, Inc., NewYork, 1997. [2] J. Searle, Speech Acts, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1969. [3] T. R. Gruber, “A Translation Approach to Portable Ontology Specifications”, Knowledge Acquisition, 5(2), 1993, pp. 199-220. [4] T. Finin and R. Fritzson and D. Mckay and R. McEntire, “KQML}: An Information and Knowledge Exchange Protocol”, in Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing, K. Fuchi and T. Yokoi (eds.) Ohmsha and IOS Press, 1994. [5] http://www.fipa.org. [6] R. G. G. Cattell, D. K. Barry, D. (eds), The Object Database Standard : Odmg 2.0, Morgan Kaufmann, 1997. [7] ANSI X3T2 Ad Hoc Group on KIF, “Knowledge Interchange Format specification” (Working Draft), http://logic.stanford.edu/kif/specification.html, March 1995. [8] R. J. Brachman and J. G. Schmolze, “An overview of the KL-ONE knowledge representation system”, Cognitive Science, 9(2), 171-216, 1985. [9] G. Booch, J. Rumbaugh, and I. Jacobson, The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1999. [10] B. Owsnicki-Klewe, “A General Characterisation of Term Description Languages, Sorts and Types in Artificial Intelligence, K.-H. Blasius, U. Hedtstuck and C. Rollinger (eds.), Springer-Verlag LNAI, 418, 1990, pp. 183-189. [11] J. B. Warmer and A. G. Kleppe, The Object Constraint Language: Precise Modeling with UML, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1998. [12] R. Breu, R. Grosu, F. Huber, B. Rumpe, and W. Schwerin, "Towards a Precise Semantics for Object-Oriented Modeling Techniques", Proceedings ECOOP'97 Workshop on Precise Semantics for Object-Oriented Modeling Techniques, H. Kilov and B. Rumpe (eds.), Technische Universitat Munchen, TUM-I9725, 1997, pp. 53--59. [13] A. Evans, R. France, Kevin Lano, and B. Rumpe, "Developing the {UML} as a Formal Modelling Notation", Proceedings of UML'98 International Workshop France, June 3 - 4, 1998, P. Muller and J. Bezivin, ESSAIM, Mulhouse, France, 1998, pp. 297--307. [14] G. Overgaard, "A Formal Approach to Relationships in The Unified Modeling Language", Proceedings PSMT'98 Workshop on Precise Semantics for Modeling Techniques, M. Broy, D. Coleman, T. S. E. Maibaum, and B. Rumpe, Technische Universität München, TUM-I9803, 1998. [15] M. Richters and M. Gogolla, "On Formalizing the UML Object Constraint Language OCL", Proc. 17th Int. Conf. Conceptual Modeling (ER'98), T. Ling, and S. Ram, and M. Lee, Springer, Berlin, LNCS 1507, 1998. [16] A. Hamie, J. Howse, and S. Kent, "Interpreting the Object Constraint Language", Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC'98), IEEE Press, 1998. [17] R. J. Bayardo, Jr.,W. Bohrer, R. Brice, A. Cichocki, J. Fowler, A. Helal, V. Kashyap, T. Ksiezyk, G. Martin, M. Nodine, M. Rashid, M. Rusinkiewicz, R. Shea, C. Unnikrishnan, A. Unruh, D. Woelk, "InfoSleuth: agent-based semantic integration of information in open and dynamic environments", Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, J. Peckham (ed.) June 1997, pp. 195-206. [18] Distributed Systems Technology Centre, “Meta Object Facility Frequently Asked Questions, http://www.dstc.edu.au/Meta-Object-Facility/MOFAQ.html, 1998. [19] A. Y. Levy, D.Srivastava and T. Kirk. “Data Model and Query Evaluation in Global Information Systems” Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 5(2), September 1995. [20] Y. Arens, C. A. Knoblock, and W. Shen, “Query Processing in the SIMS Information Mediator”, Advanced Planning Technology, Tate, A. (ed.), AAAI Press, Menlo Park, CA, 1996. [21] E. Mena, V. Kashyap, A. Sheth, and A. Illarramendi, “OBSERVER: An approach for query processing in global information systems based on interoperation across pre-existing ontologies”, Proceedings of First IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS’96), June 1996.en_NZ
otago.relation.number99/06en_NZ
 Find in your library

Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
dp1999-06-online.pdf
Size:
208.5Kb
Format:
PDF
Description:
Full text
View/Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record