An XML-based, 3-tier scheme for integrating heterogeneous information sources to the WWW

Abstract

The phenomenal growth that the WWW currently experiences necessitates the integration of various types of information sources to its platform. We present an open, extensible multi-agent architecture, which is based on standards like XML, for the efficient retrieval of information from RDBMSs and HTML document collections. We also specify a series of protocols for achieving the synergy between a number of server- and client-side components.