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A DISTRIBUTED OBJECT TYPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12069
Amount: $498,762.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.o. Box 9183
Mclean, VA 22102
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Veer V. Bhartiya
 President
 (703) 281-1745
Business Contact
 VEER V. BHARTIYA
Title: PRESIDENT
Phone: (703) 281-1745
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THE INNOVATION DESCRIBED HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED OBJECT TYPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KERNEL, DOTS, THAT PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED, UNIFORM, AND EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR STORAGE, RETRIEVAL AND UPDATE OF HETEROGENEOUSOBJECTS. THE DOTS APPROACH INCORPORATES THE FOLLOWING UNIQUE FEATURES: PROVIDES A UNIFORM FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE HETEROGENEOUS OBJECTS OF DIVERSE FORMS SUCH AS TEXT, STRUCTURED DATA, AND IMAGE IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT; ENABLES BOTH DATA AND APPLICATIONS/FUNCTIONS TO BE INTEGRATED WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING SYSTEMS; ALLOWS NEW SYSTEMS TO BE DEVELOPED AND INTEGRATED EASILY BY EMPHASIZING REUSABILITY OF EXISTING SYSTEMS. IN PHASE I, A METHODOLOGY TO REPRESENT HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS USING THE OBJECT TYPE ABSTRACTION WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS METHODOLOGY WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY APPLYING IT TO SELECTED SYSTEMS OF A NASA APPLICATION. HIGH LEVEL DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DOTS KERNEL WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED IN PHASE I. THE THRUST OF PHASE II WILL BE TO DESIGN DOTS IN DETAIL AND IMPLEMENT IT. ALSO, THE COMPREHENSIVE CAPABILITIES OF DOTS WILL BE DEMONSTRATED FOR SELECTED NASA DATA SYSTEMS. DOTS WILL ENHANCE THE ACCESSIBILITY AND THUS THE UTILIZATION OF A CRITICAL NASA RESOURCE, INFORMATION.

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