Network Application Server Using Extensible Mark-Up Language (XML) to Support Distributed Databases and 3D Environments

Abstract

Advances in computer communication technology and an increased awareness of how enhanced information access can lead to improved capabilities, are the driving forces behind the interest in the integration of current distributed systems and stand-alone systems. However, differences in hardware, software architectures, operating systems, host languages, and data representation have resulted in scores of stovepipe system architectures that are unable to interoperate prop cAy. This thesis contributes to the US Navy forces' information superiority in a Network Centric Warfare environment. This research develops an Extensible Markup Language (XML) based Web application framework, which supports the Web Enabled Navy (WEN) architecture infrastructure. The Web application framework easily supports connections to multiple distribute databases and XML-based presentations specifically three-dimensional (3D) simulations utilizing Extensible 3D (X3D) and Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA401644

Entities

People

  • Clifton J. Williams

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Three Dimensional
  • Virtual Reality
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.