منابع مشابه
Multivendor Catalogs: Smart Catalogs and Virtual Catalogs
We discuss how distributed multivendor catalogs can be created and used by multiple retailers. Currently, there are a variety of proprietary approaches to electronic catalogs. These include WWW catalogs built with stovepipe architectures that allow only one catalog to be used at a time. Also, proprietary catalogs are created using EDI 832 transactions that limit flexibility and technological gr...
متن کاملSmart Catalogs and Virtual Catalogs
We present an architecture for electronic catalogs, called Smart Catalogs and Virtual Catalogs. Smart catalogs are searchable, annotated combinations of machine-readable (i.e., minimally processable) and machine-sensible (i.e., actually understood by the computer) product data. Virtual catalogs dynamically retrieve information from multiple smart catalogs and present this product data in a unif...
متن کاملVirtual Metadata Catalogs: Augmenting Metadata Catalogs with Semantic Representations
A common approach to managing large, heterogeneous, and distributed collections of data is to separate the data itself (and its physical rendering in replicas) from the metadata that describes the nature of the data (often called logical data descriptions). Metadata catalogs store descriptive information (metadata attributes) about logical data items. These catalogs can then be queried to retri...
متن کاملMessage from the Publisher
We have several exciting new titles for all with a concern about the future of the world's citizens. This year, ITDG Publishing is issuing its own edition of The World Guide 2003/2004, the definitive 'alternative' reference guide to the countries of our planet. Feeding the Market is a highly readable account of smallholder farmers struggling to trade in an era of globalization. For an excellent...
متن کاملIndex.html Subscriber Publisher A
Web Rendezvous is the meeting of information publisher and subscriber, allowing the subscriber to create and maintain a list of links (indices) to publishers' pages. Rendezvous is diÆcult because pages may move and unauthorized publishers may seek to add their pages to the index (spamming). Current rendezvous approaches are work-intensive or restricted to very limited domains. We provide a taxo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Against the Grain
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2380-176X
DOI: 10.7771/2380-176x.3348