Intermediator framework protocol for information sources registration at heterogeneous mediators

The intermediator framework is required to support heterogeneous subject mediators interoperability in diverse world of mediation platforms that can be observed in distributed digital libraries and other areas. The intermediator framework based on the “local as view” mediation approach is introduced. The paper focuses on a protocol supporting registration of a mediator information (source) at another mediator. It is proposed to use a subset of OAI protocol to support such registration exchanging metainformation uniformly represented in the canonical model of the intermediator framework.

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