From: "Thomas Dowling" <tdowling_at_OHIOLINK.EDU>
> You can define differences between meta-, federated, and broadcast search,
> but
> every discussion on the topic will be punctuated by people asking, "Wait,
> what's the difference again?"
Leaving aside metasearch and broadcast search (terms invented more recently)
it is a shame if "federated" has really lost its distinction
from"distributed". Historically, a federated database is one that
integrates multiple (autonomous) databases so it is in effect a virtual
distributed database, though a single database. I don't think that's a
hard concept and I don't think it is a trivial distinction.
--Ray
Received on Tue Apr 21 2009 - 11:31:02 EDT