EXPLANATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY OF COMMERCE AT LIGHT SPEED STANDARD DATA

摘要

PURPOSE: An explanation information management server system is provided to maintain characteristics of heterogeneous, autonomous, distributed : H/A/D) with respect to heterogeneous standard data being distributed under a CALS(commerce at light speed) environment and to offer a logical global view of data to a user. CONSTITUTION: An explanation information database has an explanation information structure prepared by an explanation information structure maker. The explanation information structure maker controls the explanation information database. An application program supporting interface server extracts and fabricates explanation information from the explanation information database. A CALS standard data agent is an automatic analyzing instrument of standard data being distributed under a CALS environment. The explanation information structure maker accesses to the explanation information database and extracts a schema and stores structure information of the schema. The explanation information database includes explanation information capable of CALS standard data being distributed in a local area. The CALS standard data agent plays a role of an adapter capable of transmitting/receiving the standard data from each distribution system to the application program supporting interface server.