摘要 |
When referring to database integration, integration metadata is stored. The integration metadata defines a format of a tagged document used for outputting a result of a query for data reference to a plurality of databases, a relation between each element in the tagged document and each element in each database, and a relation between the elements in each database. When a query is received in a format of the tagged document, the integration metadata is referred to and queries are made to various databases to acquire data. Finally a result of the queries is generated in the format of the tagged document.
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