A GENERALIZED STRATEGY FOR BUILDING RESIDENT DATABASE INTERFACES

THE INNOVATION DESCRIBED HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED TOOL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERFACES BETWEEN RESIDENT DATABASE SYSTEMS AND A NASA PROJECT, THE DISTRIBUTED ACCESS VIEW INTEGRATED DATABASE (DAVID). IN PHASE I, A DETAILED METHODOLOGY FOR INTERFACE-BUILDING WILL BE SPECIFIED, AND THE FEASIBILITY OF THE METHODOLOGY WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY USING IT TO IMPLEMENT INTERFACES TO SEVERAL DATABASE SYSTEMS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATABASES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. THE THRUST OF PHASE II WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOMATED INTERFACE BUILDER, USING THE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED IN PHASE I. THE AUTOMATED GENERATION OF INTERFACES BETWEEN EXISTING DATABASES AND A HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) OPENS POTENTIAL AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION AMONG SCIENTISTS NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE, AND HAS WIDESPREAD POTENTIAL APPLICATION THROUGHOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.