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UIC#13(c) 1998, M. McKenna/Sybase Inc.

Global Information Systems

A Systems Approach to Building Intelligent Web-based Global

Informations Systems

Michael G. McKenna

Sybase, Inc.

[email protected]

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Background

Business Trends

• Knowledge Economy

• Globalization

• Information Technology

• Shareholder Value

All require Unicode

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Current Status

Where is Unicode Today?

Operating Systems

Word Processing

Browsers and Search Engines

Databases

Programming Languages

Function Libraries

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Knowledge Applications

Integration of information

Time-sensitive

Archival

Insightful

Dynamic

Reality-based

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Interface Requirements

Flexible

Graphical

Relational

Culturally Sensitive

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Systems Approach

Building blocks• Meta Data Manager

• Data Gatherer

• Data Synchronizer

• Data Normalizer

• Data Server

• Data Visualizer

• User Interface

• Report Builder

• Report Writer

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Sub-Systems

Connectivity

Cultural profile synchronization

Feedback System

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XML and Java to the Rescue

Java is a pure native Unicode language

JDBC for database connections

Embedded Java in Databases

Normalized Meta Data through XML

XML requires Unicode

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XML DTD Example

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<!ELEMENT ADDRESSLIST (NAME, ADDRESS)><!ELEMENT NAMENAME (LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME*)>

<!ELEMENT LASTNAME (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT FIRSTNAME (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT ADDRESSADDRESS(STREET*, CITY*, PROVINCE*, COUNTRY*, POSTZIP)>

<!ELEMENT STREET (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT CITY (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT PROVINCE (REGION | STATE)>

<!ELEMENT REGION (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT STATE (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT COUNTRY (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT POSTZIP (ZIPCODE | POSTCODE)>

<!ELEMENT ZIPCODE (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT POSTCODE (#PCDATA)>

…

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XML DTD Example

<!ELEMENT NAMENAME (LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME*)>

<!ELEMENT LASTNAME (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT FIRSTNAME (#PCDATA)>



XML Data Instance

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”?>

<!DOCTYPE ADDRESSLIST SYSTEM “addresslist.dtd”>

<ADDRESSLIST>

<NAME>

<LASTNAME>Prescot</LASTNAME>

<FIRSTNAME>Nigel</FIRSTNAME>

</NAME>

<ADDRESS>

<STREET>Pound Cottage</STREET>

<STREET>The Street</STREET>

<CITY>Waltham St. Lawrence</CITY>

<CITY>Reading</CITY>

<PROVINCE> <REGION>BERKS</REGION> </PROVINCE>

<COUNTRY>UK</COUNTRY>

<POSTZIP> <POSTCODE>RG10 0JJ</POSTCODE> </POSTZIP>

</ADDRESS>



XML Data Instance

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8” ?>

<!DOCTYPE ADDRESSLIST SYSTEM “addresslist.dtd”>

<ADDRESSLIST>

<NAME>



</NAME>



XML Data Instance

<NAME>



</NAME>



XML Data Instance

<NAME>

<LASTNAME>森田</LASTNAME>

<FIRSTNAME>昭夫</FIRSTNAME>

</NAME>



XML Data Instance<NAME>

<LASTNAME>森田</LASTNAME>

<FIRSTNAME>昭夫</FIRSTNAME>

</NAME>

<ADDRESS>

<STREET>県鎌倉市由比浜 12-6</STREET>

<CITY>鎌倉市</CITY>

<PROVINCE>

<REGION>神奈川県</REGION>

</PROVINCE>

<COUNTRY>Japan</COUNTRY>

<POSTZIP>

<POSTCODE>236</POSTCODE>

</POSTZIP>

</ADDRESS>

</ADDRESSLIST>



XML, continued

DTDs Java Classes

Hierarchical data Java Classes XML http://lislin.gws.uky.edu/Sitemap/Sitemap.html

DB publishing using Java tables and XML DTDs Open Management Group (OMG) and XML

Metadata Interchange Format (XMI)

DB publishing of XSL styles



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Future Prospects

DB publishing

XML DTD broadcasting

Drag and drop composition from across the web

Nested XML

Intelligent filters, data mining

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