INFORMATION TRANSFER STANDARDS

Abstract

The study is concerned with message description problems in intersystem communication. Involved is a search for a standard higher order language governing information transfer. A meta-descriptive approach is adopted. The concept of a standard representation language, the ARIADNE language, is introduced and developed. The requirements for this language are presented. The novelty of the approach and the recommended language resides in the requirement that intersystem messages be described at two levels of discourse, with only the higher-order level being in standard form. The difficulties involved in constructing the language, especially with respect to the implementation of a synonym- and homonym-resolving capability are offset by the advantages to be gained from adopting a meta-descriptive approach to the information transfer standards issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 1966
Accession Number
AD0661740

Entities

People

  • A. Bornstein

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Classification
  • Data Management
  • Environment
  • Information Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Transfer
  • Intelligibility
  • Language
  • Natural Languages
  • Operating Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Translations

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design