2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on agent mechanism for heterogeneous distributed databases
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12680415
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
情報システム学(含情報図書館学)
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKANISHI Michio Osaka University, Cybermedia Center, Associate Professor, サイバーメディアセンター, 助教授 (30227847)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUDA Hideo Osaka University, Cybermedia Center, Research Associate, サイバーメディアセンター, 助手 (90304063)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | databases / agent / education / user authentication |
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| Research Abstract |
There are plenty of research on heterogeneous databases, particularly on retrieval method from semi-structured databases, however, the number of projects for actual operation was not so many. In this research, communication method and environment for operation of molecular biology databases are discussed. The four most referenced databases, i.e., Genbank, Prosite, PIR and PDB, are selected for this research target and the files of these four databases are stored in computes in our lab. Agent programs are coded using our previous work results and have XML format interface.
The programs which access these databases are provided as Java applets. Users can use these programs to access the databases. The communication between objects is implemented by HORB objects. Agents can move around databases and collect necessary data. For this agent control, we studied aglets which is invented in IBM.
Furthermore, as an application of our research results, we studied the basis for colleting personal learning record in every PC in the educational computer lab, the way to assure the user authentication in a LAN socket environment, and how to utilize those records for education.
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Research Products
(12 results)
