ylkingsbury@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Yvonne Kingsbury) (02/02/90)
The University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue Waterloo, Ontario The Institute for Computer Research (ICR) Presents a Colloquium on An Approach to the Solution of the Data Translation Problem by Dr. Sandy Mamrak of Dept. of Computer Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Wednesday, February 7, 1990 3:30 p.m. William G. Davis Computer Research Centre, Room 1302 ABSTRACT There is a need for widespread exchange of electronic documents in domains as diverse as book publishing, automated offices, factories and research laboratories. The variety of data representations, and the subsequent need for data translation, is a major obstacle to this exchange. This talk describes a comprehensive data translation system with the following characteristics: (1) it is derived from a formal model of the translation task; (2) it supports the building of translation tools; (3) it supports the use of translation tools; and (4) it is accessible to its targeted end-users. A software architecture to achieve the translation capability is fully implemented. Translators have been generated using the architecture, both by the original software developers and by industrial associates who have installed the architecture at their own sites. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served.