Analyzing Compound Object Technologies from the 5 S Perspective

There are many applications which need support for compound information. Thus, we need new mechanisms for managing data integration; aids for creating references, links and annotations; and services for clustering, organizing and reusing compound objects (COs) and their components. Few attempts have been made to formally characterize compound information, related services, and technologies. We propose the description and interplay of technologies for handling compound information taking advantage of the formalization proposed by the 5S Framework. This paper: (1) analyzes technologies which manage compound information (DCC, Buckets, OAI-ORE); (2) uses 5S formal definitions for describing them; (3) presents a case study, illustrating how CO technologies and the 5S Framework can fit together to support exploration of compound information.

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