XML Mediation Services Utilizing Model Based Data Management
Andreas Tolk2004, Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference, 2004.
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Abstract
The application of the Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) enabled a new level of interoperability for heterogeneous IT systems. However, although XML enables separation of data definition and data content, it doesn't ensure that data exchanged is interpreted correctly by the receiving system. This motivates data management to support unambiguous definition of data elements for information exchange. Using a common reference model improves this process leading to "model based data management (MBDM)." The results can be used immediately to configure mediation layers integrating services into an overall service oriented architecture. For XML based services, the results of MBDM can be immediately applied in form of an auto-generated XSLT definition used to compose the service without additional modifications with other services. The paper uses the Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model (C2IEDM) -as an example for a common reference model for information exchange -and its potential use in the Global Information Grid (GIG) -as the military example for a service oriented architecture -to integrate web-enabled M&S applications as an example for applying this method.
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