The UNC Graph Server: A Distributed Hypermedia Data Management System

Abstract

Our project is studying the process by which groups of individuals work together to build large, complex structures of ideas and is building a distributed hypermedia system to support that process. This description focuses on the hypermedia data management system--which we call a graph server--we are developing to support groups of collaborators working on individual workstations within a distributed computing environment. The discussion covers the graph- based data model provided by the server to client hypermedia programs as well as the architecture of the system. A number of research issues are raised and discussed in context including: partitioning the hypermedia graph; an open, extensible architecture for applications; composite objects; anchored links; and the integrity, consistency, and completeness of the artifact as a whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA242041

Entities

People

  • Barry Elledge
  • Douglas E. Shackelford
  • Joan Boone
  • John B. Smith

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Management
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • Procedural Programming
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Relational Databases
  • Software Development
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Research Science/Academic Research