Distributed databases principles and systems
Distributed databases principles and systems
The information system as a competitive weapon
Communications of the ACM - Special section on management of information systems
A federated architecture for information management
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Computer
Towards a unified approach for expert and database systems
Proceedings from the first international workshop on Expert database systems
Multibase—integrating heterogeneous distributed database systems
AFIPS Conference Proceedings; vol. 55 1986 National Computer Conference
A comparative analysis of methodologies for database schema integration
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Superviews: Virtual Integration of Multiple Databases
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Airline reservations systems: lessons from history
MIS Quarterly
Automatic text processing: the transformation, analysis, and retrieval of information by computer
Automatic text processing: the transformation, analysis, and retrieval of information by computer
Federated database systems for managing distributed, heterogeneous, and autonomous databases
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue on heterogeneous databases
Interoperability of multiple autonomous databases
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) - Special issue on heterogeneous databases
Information Resources Management in Heterogeneous, Distributed Environments: A Metadatabase Approach
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Integrating EDI into the organization's systems: a model of the stages of integration
ICIS '91 Proceedings of the twelfth international conference on Information systems
Content-Based Video Indexing and Retrieval
IEEE MultiMedia
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Processing travel queries in a multimedia information system
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Integrating tourism services via gateways
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Improving service in the field of tourism by open distributed processing
Proceedings of the international conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism
Strategic Information Systems
Heterogeneous Databases: Proliferations, Issues, and Solutions
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Information Systems Frontiers
Key organizational factors in data warehouse architecture selection
Decision Support Systems
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A destination information system (DIS) is defined as an interorganizational system (IOS) that provides travelers and travel counselors with easy access to comprehensive, timely and accurate information on a destination's facilities, and the option of making reservations. Its development requires extensive cooperation by competing tourism product suppliers and destination promoters in both the public and private sectors. This paper identifies challenges encountered in the design of a DIS such as: (1) comprehensive information content from multiple data sources, (2) multimedia data management, (3) interfacing with global electronic markets, and (4) resolving problems arising from different data formats and standards. Technical design options are examined to address these design challenges. A proposed system architecture, called VIDIS, integrating viable design options is then presented. The VIDIS architecture exploits current technological advances in heterogeneous distributed databases, intelligent multimedia communication, and global electronic commerce. Implementation strategies of a DIS that adapt to organizational changes and rapid technological advances are suggested. Finally, design tasks and related organizational issues are discussed.