Managing scientific metadata using XML

IEEE Internet Computing - Tập 6 Số 4 - Trang 52-59 - 2002
Ruixin Yang1, M. Kafatos2, X.S. Wang2
1George Mason University - USA
2George Mason University, USA

Tóm tắt

We present our XML-based Distributed Metadata Server (Dimes) - which comprises a flexible metadata model, search software, and a Web-based interface - to support multilevel metadata access, and introduce two prototype systems. Our Scientific Data and Information Super Server (SDISS), which is based on Dimes and GDS, solves accurate data-search and outdated data-link problems by integrating metadata with the data systems. On the implementation front, we combine independent components and open-source technologies into a coherent system to dramatically extend system capabilities. Obviously, our approach can be applied to other scientific communities, such as bioinformatics and space science.

Từ khóa

#XML #Data systems #US Department of Defense #Software prototyping #Space technology #Communities #Distributed computing #Internet #Geoscience #Earth Observing System

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