resnik@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (11/30/89)
I received a variety of responses to my request for information on the federated approach to heterogeneous distributed databases. One person suggested posting the query to other BBSs full of people actually doing database work on PC's, e.g. Compuserve. (I don't have access to Compuserve, so I didn't, but if anyone does please let me know how it turns out!). It was also suggested that I post to comp.infosystems, but I don't have access to that, either. :-< References amounted to the following two: Described as "a good survey article on the federated approach etc.": Interoperability of Multiple Autonomous Databases W. Litwin, L. Mark, and N. Roussopoulos Systems Research Center University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 SRC TR 89-12 UMIACS TR 89-10 CS TR #2188 "...it has a lot of references to other articles, too." "Another, though older, yet more accessible:" Heimbigner, D. and D. McLeod, A Federated Architecture for Information Management, in ACM Transactions on Office Info. Systems, July 85, pp. 253-278. Many thanks to those who responded! Philip resnik@grad1.cis.upenn.edu resnik@grad1.cis.upenn.edu Computer and Information Science, Moore School of Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104