| 摘要 |
<p>In a broking system for items of software or data, submission inputs are made to a warehousing database (20). Each submission input comprises a descriptive data set in relation to a unit of data or software, together with an address field (32). The broking system (13) loads the submission input to the warehousing database (20) and copies it to temporary data stores (32) identified in the address field. Each temporary data store (32) is allocated to a respective management interface (12) and is viewable to that management interface (12) only. Inputs can be made at the management interface (12) to transfer the descriptive data sets received to an index accessible by a plurality of search interfaces (11), or simply to delete the descriptive data set from the temporary data store (32). Each descriptive data set relates to a unit of data or software stored in a distributed database (14). The broking system (13) of the invention can provide delivery of actual units of code or data to a search interface (11). The provision of the management interfaces (12) between a submitter interface (10) and a search interface (11) allows a level of quality control and categorisation not available with known warehouse databases.</p> |
