Ebook: Heterogeneous Information Exchange and Organizational Hubs

Helene Bestougeff, Universite de Marne Ia Vallee, France Jacques-Emile Dubois, Universite Paris VII-Denis Diderot, France Bhavani Thuraisingham, MITRE Corporation, USA The last fifty years promoted the conceptual trio: Knowledge, Information and Data (KID) to the center of our present scientific technological and human activities. The intrusion of the Internet drastically modified the historical cycles of communication between authors, providers and users. Today, information is often the result of the interaction between data and the knowledge based on their comprehension, interpretation and prediction. Nowadays important goals involve the exchange of heterogeneous information, as many real life and even specific scientific and technological problems are all interdisciplinary by nature. For a specific project, this signifies extracting information, data and even knowledge from many different sources that must be addressed by interoperable programs. Another important challenge is that of corporations collaborating with each other and forming coalitions and partnerships. One development towards achieving this challenge is organizational hubs. This concept is new and still evolving. Much like an airport hub serving air traffic needs, organizational hubs are central platforms that provide information and collaboration specific to a group of users' needs. Now companies are creating hubs particular to certain types of industries. The users of hubs are seen as communities for which all related information is directly available without further searching efforts and often with value-added services.

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This book introduces heterogeneous information exchange as related to organizational hubs and provides new directions and challenges for various other topics, including knowledge management and web information management. It presents ongoing developments in formal and experimental work and extended examples help the reader to understand underlying concepts and the difficulties with applications.

The book is divided into three major parts:

• Part I - Heterogeneous Database Integration: Concepts and Strategies, which deals with developing architectures and techniques for integrating schemas and data;
• Part II - Data Warehousing: Models and Architectures, which develops new and different data warehouse architectures such as multidimensional databases with related management and querying tools; and
• Part III - Sharing Information and Knowledge, which concerns knowledge management, use of standards, information mining systems, and web information management.

The well chosen topics provide scientists, information specialists, engineers, managers, and librarians with new insights in the field of heterogeneous knowledge management systems, including critical aspects of databased decision making, backed by information sharing processes. In addition, managers will find incentives and materials to support new information tools in their organizations.

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This book introduces heterogeneous information exchange as related to organizational hubs and provides new directions and challenges for various other topics, including knowledge management and web information management. It presents ongoing developments in formal and experimental work and extended examples help the reader to understand underlying concepts and the difficulties with applications.

The book is divided into three major parts:

• Part I - Heterogeneous Database Integration: Concepts and Strategies, which deals with developing architectures and techniques for integrating schemas and data;
• Part II - Data Warehousing: Models and Architectures, which develops new and different data warehouse architectures such as multidimensional databases with related management and querying tools; and
• Part III - Sharing Information and Knowledge, which concerns knowledge management, use of standards, information mining systems, and web information management.

The well chosen topics provide scientists, information specialists, engineers, managers, and librarians with new insights in the field of heterogeneous knowledge management systems, including critical aspects of databased decision making, backed by information sharing processes. In addition, managers will find incentives and materials to support new information tools in their organizations.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Integration Methodology for Heterogeneous Databases....Pages 1-16
On Transactional Issues in Federated Information Systems....Pages 17-32
Semantic Integration in MADS Conceptual Model....Pages 33-58
TIME : A Translator Compiler for CIS....Pages 59-72
An Implementation of Database Integration Strategies....Pages 73-86
An Architecture for Data Warehouse Systems Using a Heterogeneous Database Management System — HEROS....Pages 87-104
Developing an Active Data Warehouse System....Pages 105-122
Building Secure Data Warehouse Schemas from Federated Information Systems....Pages 123-134
Conceptual MetaCube Metadata for Multidimensional Cube....Pages 135-148
Integration of Keyword-Based Source Search and Structure-Based Information Retrieval....Pages 149-158
Knowledge Management for Heterogeneous Information Exchange....Pages 159-168
The Exchange of Data in the Global Market How to Avoid a Tower of Babel....Pages 169-180
Knowledge Discovery in Heterogeneous Environments....Pages 181-204
Heterogeneous Information Exchanges in the Construction Industry....Pages 205-222
Databases and Design Discovering New Ideas in Old Facts....Pages 223-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-243

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This book introduces heterogeneous information exchange as related to organizational hubs and provides new directions and challenges for various other topics, including knowledge management and web information management. It presents ongoing developments in formal and experimental work and extended examples help the reader to understand underlying concepts and the difficulties with applications.

The book is divided into three major parts:

• Part I - Heterogeneous Database Integration: Concepts and Strategies, which deals with developing architectures and techniques for integrating schemas and data;
• Part II - Data Warehousing: Models and Architectures, which develops new and different data warehouse architectures such as multidimensional databases with related management and querying tools; and
• Part III - Sharing Information and Knowledge, which concerns knowledge management, use of standards, information mining systems, and web information management.

The well chosen topics provide scientists, information specialists, engineers, managers, and librarians with new insights in the field of heterogeneous knowledge management systems, including critical aspects of databased decision making, backed by information sharing processes. In addition, managers will find incentives and materials to support new information tools in their organizations.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Integration Methodology for Heterogeneous Databases....Pages 1-16
On Transactional Issues in Federated Information Systems....Pages 17-32
Semantic Integration in MADS Conceptual Model....Pages 33-58
TIME : A Translator Compiler for CIS....Pages 59-72
An Implementation of Database Integration Strategies....Pages 73-86
An Architecture for Data Warehouse Systems Using a Heterogeneous Database Management System — HEROS....Pages 87-104
Developing an Active Data Warehouse System....Pages 105-122
Building Secure Data Warehouse Schemas from Federated Information Systems....Pages 123-134
Conceptual MetaCube Metadata for Multidimensional Cube....Pages 135-148
Integration of Keyword-Based Source Search and Structure-Based Information Retrieval....Pages 149-158
Knowledge Management for Heterogeneous Information Exchange....Pages 159-168
The Exchange of Data in the Global Market How to Avoid a Tower of Babel....Pages 169-180
Knowledge Discovery in Heterogeneous Environments....Pages 181-204
Heterogeneous Information Exchanges in the Construction Industry....Pages 205-222
Databases and Design Discovering New Ideas in Old Facts....Pages 223-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-243
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