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| The increasing openness and heterogeneity of distributed computing systems requires the representation of meta-information in distributed environments. This paper presents a conceptual framework for discussing meta-information, and describes the DSTC's design for a universal Meta-Information Manager (MIM) with the key properties of heterogeneity, extensibility and openness. The DSTC MIM design supports a wide range of applications for meta-information, from trading and binding services to design repositories and data warehousing. Keywords Distributed systems (C.2.4), programming environments (D.2.6). 1 INTRODUCTION The increasing openness and heterogeneity of distributed computing systems requires the representation of meta-information in distributed environments, as evidenced by current standards activity in the OMG [1] and ISO [2][3]. Metainformation is information that describes other information. Everyday examples of meta-information include programming language data types, CORBA... | |||||||||||||||
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