daveb@poa.NREL.ColoState.EDU (Dave Bigelow) (01/10/91)
OK, I'll bite!
We have not yet utilized the Ingres Star product, however, we have
proposed a project to a Federal agency which would use the Ingres star product
in the following manner. In this configuration each data base can be maintained
(updated, appended, etc) by a separate CPU but utilized by each CPU to obtain
the `final product' as defined by DataBase 1.
The distribution and `certification' of DataBase 1 can be controlled
by the Federal agency while the distribution and certification of each
contributing project can be controlled by the individual project managers.
Each of the DataBases can be configured to optimize data management of the
individual environmental projects and contractors.
(BTW: I would assume Oracle has a similar product that could be used.)
DataBase 1
|=========================================|
| Master Data `Base' of Quality Assured |
| Environmental Data |
|=========================================|
o----------------------------------------------------------------------o
DataBase 2 DataBase 3
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
| Primary Data Tables | | Quality Assurance Data |
| for Environmental |<--------->| for ALL Projects; |
| PROJECT A | | Contractor C |
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
/ |
/ |
DataBase 4 - DataBase 5
|-------------------------| / |-------------------------|
| Primary Data Tables | / | Primary Data Tables |
| for Environmental | / | for Environmental |
| PROJECT B; Contractor A |/ | PROJECT B; Contractor B |
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
Dave Bigelow
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory internet: daveb@panicum.NREL.ColoState.EDU
Colorado State University bitnet: bigelow@CSUGOLD
Fort Collins, CO 80523 telephone: 303-491-5574