A Net-Driven Federated Database Architecture for Massive Data Aggregation and Brokering for Distributed Applications

This white paper describes a Net-Driven Federated Database Architecture for Massive Data Aggregation and Brokering (NET-DAM). This underlying architecture supports Data Handling, Real-Time Data Analysis and Data Mining using an Object-based Framework to aid truly Distributed Applications.

The crux of software applications are almost always data-handling processes that model real-world objects and their interactions. However, getting two people to agree on a single design representation of data for any significant problem is quite difficult. The ever-changing problem specifications and business scenarios make this a tougher nut to crack. Multiple data sources, storage entities and formats add another level of complexity to this issue.

A Net-Based Federated Database Architecture which can bring multiple systems together under one flag with Consistent Semantics and Unified Query Mechanism, while Allowing for Specialization, is one of the most important areas yet to be significantly addressed in Software Engineering.