• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Information Mediation Using Metamodels : An Approach Using XML and Common Warehouse Metamodel : An Approach Using XML and Common Warehouse Metamodel
  • Contributor: Zhao, Luyin; Siau, Keng
  • Published: IGI Global, 2007
  • Published in: Journal of Database Management, 18 (2007) 3, Seite 69-82
  • Language: Ndonga
  • DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2007070104
  • ISSN: 1063-8016; 1533-8010
  • Keywords: Hardware and Architecture ; Information Systems ; Software
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  • Description: Information mediation is an approach used to resolve heterogeneity of online information sources. This article discusses the concept of information mediation and several related research projects that use a typical mediation model. The problems and issues with existing approaches are discussed. This article then proposes the use of metamodels as an advanced architecture for information mediation, where XML is a main driving force. The new architecture is partly established on the common warehouse metamodel (CWM), a standard adopted by the Object Management Group (OMG). Illustrative examples are presented in the article to describe and discuss the new architecture.