Communications: DBMS Metaphor for Meta‐information Systems
Z. Chen
(Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE 68182–0243, USA)
Abstract
Conceptual integration of existing information systems provides an alternative way of approaching a kind of metasystem, namely, meta‐information systems. Since various external views can be generated from the same set of information systems for different information needs, a DBMS (database management systems) metaphor is a useful approach.
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Citation
Chen, Z. (1991), "Communications: DBMS Metaphor for Meta‐information Systems", Kybernetes, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005882
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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