Building the InfoBus
Digital Libraries Initiative
Project Facts
Outline
The Interoperability Problem
Interoperability Issues
Infrastructure: The InfoBus
User Interface Goals (Driving Infrastructure)
The DLITE Interface
How to Split Functionality
UI Experimental Results
Architectural Lessons
Client/Server Query Protocol
Stateful/Stateless Dilemma
Client/Server Query Protocol Constraints
PPT Slide
Avoidable Complexity: Return Info
Remedy
Minimize Overhead for Mainstream
Documents: Model and Conventions
Attribute Names: USMARC and DLs
Attribute Models
Stanford Metadata Architecture
User Traditions Impact Technology Choices
Query Translation
The Phrase/Keyword Unification Dilemma
Conclusion
CORBA Basics: Communication
If I Had One Wish in the Whole World
RDF and the Stanford Metadata Architecture
Attribute Model Translator
Controlling Object Movement
Reliability
Reliability Remedies
Threading Across WANs
Email: paepcke@cs.stanford.edu
Home Page: http://www-diglib.stanford.edu