ABSTRACT

Resource Discovery ...........................................................................37 3.3 A Technical Architecture for Distributed Information Management............40

3.3.1 Distributed Framework Communication ...........................................40 3.3.2 Profile Servers ....................................................................................42 3.3.3 Product Servers ..................................................................................43 3.3.4 Query Servers.....................................................................................44 3.3.5 Software Deployment.........................................................................45

3.4 Knowledge System Applications ...................................................................46 3.4.1 EDRN Resource Network Exchange.................................................46 3.4.2 EDRN Validation Studies Information Management System...........48

3.5 Conclusions ....................................................................................................50 Acknowledgments....................................................................................................51 References................................................................................................................51