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Bock, Almon C., II – School Business Affairs, 1989
Describes a Minnesota school district's approach to managing a day care program, highlighting the integrated database management system used to automate the billing process and to provide complete data concerning the program and its enrollees, constituents, and services. Presents several guiding principles for designing a system matched to program…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems, Day Care
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Drr, W. Theodore – Library Trends, 1988
An approach to the design of flexible text-based management systems for archives includes tiers for repository, software, and user management systems. Each tier has four layers--objective, program, result, and interface. Traps awaiting software development companies involve the market, competition, operations, and finance. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Archives, Automation, Computer Software, Computer System Design
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Bosc, Patrick; Dubois, Didier; Prade, Henri – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
For about 10 years, several proposals to deal with ill-known information in database management systems have been made, and extensions of the relational data model have been proposed. An overview of functional dependencies is provided, and the connection between fuzzy functional dependencies and database design is discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Information Management
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Macleod, Ian A.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Discussion of the need for distributed information retrieval systems focuses on a model system, Fulcrum FUL/Text. Differences from distributed database management systems are described; system design is discussed; implementation requirements are explained including remote operation calls (ROC's); and a prototype simulation model based on FUL/Text…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
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Manolopoulos, Yannis; Nardelli, Enrico; Papadopoulos, Apostolos; Proietti, Guido – Information Systems, 1997
Investigates the manipulation of large sets of two-dimensional data representing multiple overlapping features, and presents a new access method, the MOF-tree. Analyzes storage requirements and time with respect to window query operations involving multiple features. Examines both the pointer-based and pointerless MOF-tree representations.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Information Management
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de Vries, Arjen P. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Investigates the role of data management in multimedia digital libraries, and its implications for the design of database management systems. Introduces the notions of content abstraction and content independence. Proposes a blueprint of a new class of database technology, which supports the basic functionality for the management of both content…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Electronic Libraries
Kahn, Paul – 1988
InterBrowse, a uniform interface information retrieval application for several different databases, is designed to be used in Intermedia, a hypermedia environment currently under development at Brown University's Institute for Research Information and Scholarship. This application arose out of the recognized need for an interface that can be used…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Information Retrieval
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Jackowski, Edward M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discusses the role that information resource management (IRM) plays in educational program-oriented budgeting (POB), and presents a theoretical IRM model. Highlights include design considerations for integrated data systems; database management systems (DBMS); and how POB data can be integrated to enhance its value and use within an educational…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Educational Finance
O'Connor, Brian C. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Discusses the process and demonstrates the utility of repackaging lantern slides (i.e., photographs printed on glass or film sandwiched between glass) as digital images. A prototype community memory interface for access to the images is described, and photographs of the visual index to stored images are included. (seven references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Peripherals, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
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Duan, Bing; Hosseini, Habib Mir M.; Ling, Keck Voon; Gay, Robert Kheng Leng – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2006
Internet-based learning systems, or e-learning, are widely available in institutes, universities, and industrial companies, hosting regular or continuous education programs. The dream of teaching and learning from anywhere and at anytime becomes a reality due to the construction of e-learning infrastructure. Traditional teaching materials and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Computer System Design
Harvey, Francis A. – 1988
This paper describes the evolution and development of an intelligent information system, i.e., a knowledge base for steel structures being undertaken as part of the Technical Information Center for Steel Structures at Lehigh University's Center of Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS). The initial development of the Technical…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Engineering
Palmer, Roger C. – 1988
Designed to help explain library automation to the librarian or student, this handbook presents a case to be solved, i.e., the creation of a book acquisition system for a special library; the steps to be taken to solve the problem; and a users' manual for the system to be provided to the client. The handbook is divided into three major sections:…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Guidelines
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Katsura, E.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1992
Discusses the theoretical frameworks and design considerations for an experimental electronic library system named Cybermagazine and considers the potential of multimedia approaches to information retrieval and delivery. Issues considered include current awareness services, user interface, database management, cataloging, and document delivery.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
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Turgay, Safiye – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
The goal of this study is to suggest the agent systems by intelligence and adaptability properties in distance learning environment. The suggested system has flexible, agile, intelligence and cooperation features. System components are teachers, students (learners), and resources. Inter component relations are modeled and reviewed by using the…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Distance Education, Courseware, Database Management Systems
Snyder, Robin – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
XML, Extensible Markup Language, is important as a way to represent and encapsulate the structure of underlying data in a portable way that supports data exchange regardless of the physical storage of the data. This paper (and session) introduces some useful and practical aspects of XML technology for sharing information in a educational setting…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Information Systems, Computer System Design
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