Solutions for Networked Databases
How to Move from Heterogeneous Structures to Federated Concepts
- 1st Edition - May 17, 1993
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Dimitris N. Chorafas, Heinrich Steinmann
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 4 0 7 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 7 5 0 - 5
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Request a sales quoteSolutions for Networked Databases: How to Move from Heterogeneous Structures to Federated Concepts reviews developments in standards and ad hoc solutions aimed at providing cross-database connectivity for networked databases. The emphasis is on how to move from heterogeneous structures to federated concepts. The advent of the multidatabase is discussed, along with schemata, dictionaries, and protocols. Applications with federated databases are also considered. Comprised of 18 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to database and knowledge bank concepts; reliability and availability characteristics; and the synergy necessary to create and sustain federated databases. Centralized and distributed databases are then compared, and the different ways of managing distributed databases are outlined. Subsequent chapters focus on the importance of treating the networked database as a corporate resource; the use of schemata to solve cross-database problems; the Information Resource Dictionary System; and application programming interface and remote data access. A solution to heterogeneous distributed databases, the Data Access Integrated Services (DAIS), is described. This monograph is written for specialists in computers and communications.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I Advent of the Multidatabase
Chapter 1 Developing a Corporate Database Concept
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Fundamental Notions for the 1990s
1.3 What Is the Sense of Database Operations?
1.4 The Concept of Corporate Databases and Knowledgebanks
1.5 Information Solutions in a Knowledge Society
1.6 The Reliability of Large Databases
1.7 Networked Databases and Reliability Measures
1.8 Fault Tolerance Means Availability
Chapter 2 Distributed Versus Centralized Database Solutions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Increasing Complexity of Database Applications
2.3 Is Cultural Change a Prerequisite?
2.4 Distributing the Information Elements
2.5 Standards for Data Management
2.6 Adopting an Open Architecture
2.7 Open Architectures and Interface Standards
Chapter 3 Managing the Networked Database
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Need for Distributed Databases
3.3 The Growing Challenge of Long Transactions
3.4 Design Principles with Distributed Databases
3.5 A Two-Tier System: Common Denominator and Added Value
3.6 Distributed Data Management Beyond the Simple Pass-Through
3.7 What Is the Added Value of Message Passing?
Chapter 4 Treating the Networked Database as a Corporate Resource
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Optimizing Our Database Perspectives and Action Plans
4.3 Evolving Goals in a Dynamic Organization
4.4 Avoiding the Beaten Path and the Data Propagator
4.5 New or Old Database Technology?
4.6 Multidatabase Requirements with Networked Resources
4.7 Beyond the Simplest Multidatabase Links
Chapter 5 Computer Professionals and Database Challenges
5.1 Introduction
5.2 New Areas of Expertise for Database Professionals
5.3 The Sense of Object-Oriented Solutions
5.4 Toward Integrated Databases
5.5 Preparing for Database Mining
5.6 Visualization Policies with Databases
5.7 Cultural Change in Database Management
5.8 Understanding Database Contents and Requirements
Part II Schemata, Dictionaries, and Protocols
Chapter 6 Schemata, Metaphors, and Distributed Databases
6.1 Introduction
6.2 External Schema and Global Schema
6.3 Alleviating the Problems of Heterogeneity through Export Schemata
6.4 Driving for Schema Compatibility through Object Orientation
6.5 Metaphors and User Profiles
6.6 Enduser Control with External Schemata
Chapter 7 Can We Solve Cross-Database Problems through Schemata?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Multidatabase Approaches During the Last Decade
7.3 Reflecting on the Major Classes of Cross-Database Solutions
7.4 Capitalizing on the Use of Schemata
7.5 How Far Can Message Passing Go?
7.6 Proceeding with Schema Integration
7.7 The Semantics of Schema Integration
Chapter 8 The Increasingly Sophisticated Data Dictionary
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Evolving Nature of a Data Dictionary
8.3 Looking at the Data Dictionary from a Systems Viewpoint
8.4 The Japanese Electronic Dictionary
8.5 Word and Concept Dictionaries
8.6 Placing Emphasis on Reusable Software
Chapter 9 Information Resource Dictionary System (IRDS)
9.1 Introduction
9.2 A Reference Model That Might Become Repository Norm
9.3 Basic Notions about IRDS
9.4 A Four-Layered Approach to IRDS Architecture
9.5 Handling Entity Names
9.6 Customizing and Maintaining IRDS
9.7 Adding to IRDS Capabilities
Chapter 10 ANSI SQL and the SQL Access Group
10.1 Introduction
10.2 A Family of SQL Standards
10.3 Standardization Efforts with the Relational Model
10.4 The Complex Task of Database Access
10.5 Interoperability and Portability
10.6 Dynamic versus Static SQL
10.7 The Open SQL Version
Chapter 11 Application Programming Interface, Formats and Protocols, and Remote Data Access
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Gateways and Database Tools
11.3 Working toward a Standard API
11.4 Heterogeneous Database Implementation and the API Technical Specification
11.5 Formats and Protocols (FAP)
11.6 Implementing the Remote Data Access Protocol
Part III Applications with Federated Databases
Chapter 12 IBM's Distributed Relational Data Architecture (DRDA)
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The Philosophy of a Cross-Database Solution
12.3 A Predominantly Centralized Perspective?
12.4 Operating under DRDA and EDA/SQL
12.5 DRDA and the Information Warehouse
12.6 Differences between DRDA and RDA
Chapter 13 Development of the DataLens Concept and Its Productization
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Putting in Practice a Multidatabase Access Scheme
13.3 The 1-2-3 Database Engine: A Partner of DataLens
13.4 Application Programming Interface
13.5 The Layered Architecture of DataLens
13.6 Services Rendered by the DataLens Drivers
13.7 Mechanics of the Driver's Interconnection
13.8 Implementation Opportunities with DataLens Software
Chapter 14 The California Intelligent Database Assistant (CALIDA)
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Employing the Concept of the Export Schema
14.3 Targeting CALIDA-88
14.4 Query, Schema, and Language Performance
14.5 Data Level Solutions through CALIDA
14.6 Estimator and Optimizer Functions
14.7 Lessons to Be Learned from the CALIDA Experience
14.8 Using Federated Database Principles
Chapter 15 The Data Access Integrated Services (DAIS) as a Solution to Heterogeneous Distributed Databases
15.1 Introduction
15.2 The Development of a DAIS Architecture
15.3 Approaches to Effective Data Sharing and Modeling
15.4 Preserving the Consistency of Networked Databases
15.5 Accessing and Using Distributed Information Elements
15.6 Mapping DAIS into the ISO/OSI Infrastructure
15.7 Data Mappers and Schema Mappers
15.8 EPRI and the Implementation of DAIS
15.9 Integrative Corporate Solutions
Chapter 16 Multivendor Integration Architecture and the Communications Environment of the 1990s
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Pillars of Multivendor Integration Architecture (MIA) by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT)
16.3 Version 1 and the Implementation Timetable
16.4 Specifications for Technical Interconnection
16.5 A New Concept in Establishing Computers and Communications Standards
16.6 Reconsidering Our Applications and Their Database Needs
Chapter 17 The Development of Software-Oriented Specifications
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Normalizing the Application Software for Portability
17.3 Upper and Lower Level Protocols
17.4 Placing Emphasis on Enduser Computing
17.5 System Software for Presentation Procedures
17.6 Support for Agile Human Interfaces
17.7 A System Design Guide
Chapter 18 Common Goals to Be Reached by MIA and the SQL Access Group
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Choosing Operating Systems and Establishing Their Interfaces
18.3 A Time for Critical Decisions
18.4 Programming Languages and Industry Practices Regarding Subsetting
18.5 Networking Computer Resources and Application Programs
18.6 A Timetable for the Implementation of Integrative Solutions
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 17, 1993
- No. of pages (eBook): 350
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483204079
- eBook ISBN: 9781483217505
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Dimitris N. Chorafas
Dr Chorafas has served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as visiting professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Also, the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.
More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives have participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America.
Financial institutions which sought his assistance include the Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Vontobel, CEDEL, the Bank of Scotland, Credit Agricole, Österreichische Länderbank (Bank Austria), First Austrian Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Demir Bank, Mid-Med Bank, Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Credito Commerciale and Banca Provinciale Lombarda.
Dr Chorafas is the author of 161 books, translated into several languages.
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