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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R51988/01
Title:	IBHIS: Information Broker for Hetergeneous Information Sources
Principal Investigator:	Keane, Professor J
Other Investigators:	Layzell, Professor PJ
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:	BT Solihull Health Authority
Department:	Informatics
Organisation:	University of Manchester, The
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 2002	Ends:	31 December 2004	Value (£):	129,571
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Artificial Intelligence Information & Knowledge Mgmt
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Communications Healthcare
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The project will develop and evaluate a prototype broker service (IBS) based on type theory and coordinated atomic transaction. The aim is to provide the means by which heterogenous information from large-scale distributed servers can be integrated in a flexible, seemless and reliable function. This integration will be achieved via the IBS, which will provide the mapping'on demand' between data sources, access and control facilities, event notification, transaction integrity and control, and distribution. The evaluation will be performed with the active participation of partners in the healthcare domain, which provides an examplar of this problem in which timing constraints are important but not overwhelmingly dominant, hence allowing the project to focus on the key issues addressed by the IBS.
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