Measuring the similarity of PML documents with RFID-based sensors

The Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network is an important part of the Internet of Things. The Physical Mark-Up Language (PML) is to represent and de-scribe data related to objects in EPC Network. The PML documents of each component to exchange data in EPC Network system are XML documents based on PML Core schema. For managing theses huge amount of PML documents of tags captured by Radio frequency identification (RFID) readers, it is inevitable to develop the high-performance technol-ogy, such as filtering and integrating these tag data. So in this paper, we propose an approach for meas-uring the similarity of PML documents based on Bayesian Network of several sensors. With respect to the features of PML, while measuring the similarity, we firstly reduce the redundancy data except information of EPC. On the basis of this, the Bayesian Network model derived from the structure of the PML documents being compared is constructed.Comment: International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computin

Creating web based communities using XML portals

The fast growing of Internet in several domains, originates the appearance of numerous virtual communities, sometimes named Web based communities, of information and knowledge exchange. The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education and the creation of educational virtual communities don’t follow the growing of Internet in the other sectors. The success of virtual communities could be found on the facility to communicate, the easy access to resources and the continuous contribution of the members to the knowledge of the community. To be fully adopted in education is essential to change the educational paradigm and integrate ICTs in all the education and administration processes. This paper presents the principal conduct lines to develop Web based communities in higher education using XML Portals, integrating the several services and resources of the institution and promote the communication and knowledge exchange between students, teachers and staff

A Unified Accounting Information Framework To Modeling Bank Accounting Systems

This paper discusses the use of distributed middlewares as essential tools for facilitating electronic exchange of standard business document between managers, financial institutes, and trading partners in the banking sector. Internally, companies can benefit by creating information architectures that allow systems to easily exchange data. One less expensive and disruptive option that applies to most banks/financial institutes is used traditional mainframe (legacy) system with an array of distributed middlewares to overcome the aforementioned limitations. This paper focuses on developing a new distributed processing architecture based on client-server technology called UAIF – Unified Accounting Information Framework. UAIF is designed to assist managers/financial institutes with a transparent access to information anywhere on the LAN or WAN from any desktop and to meet management specific needs so that some of the accounting and financial works can be widely used for World Wide Web (WWW) applications via Internet or Intranet.  For concept verification, we utilize UAIF to modeling a bank accounting system, which is based on an industrial standard CORBA architecture, XML and OMG General Ledger Facility. This methodology integrates enterprise accounting information system (AIS) with distributed systems via Internet, Intranet, and Electronic Commerce

Participation in the Environmental Information Exchange Network Using the National Emission Inventory Dataflow

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental agencies have implemented a large nationwide system termed the Environmental Information Exchange Network, intended to consolidate and standardize the mechanism in which environmental data is exchanged between states, EPA, and other environmental organizations. The Exchange Network infrastructure is based on XML, Web services, and the Internet. The State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has an interest in participating in the Exchange Network. This project involves creation of software to extract, transform, validate, and submit DEC\u27s air emissions data to EPA through the Exchange Network. Development of this software also represents a case study of the viability, benefits, and problems when transitioning an existing data exchange to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

The GNU GaMa Project - Adjustment of Geodetic Networks

The development of Free Software is a well established and successful phenomenon which could hardly exist without the Internet, where groups of programmers scattered all around the world are developing software. The idea of Free Software is highly attractive to talented creative students and can stimulate and support their profesional activities. The GNU GaMa [4] for adjusting of geodetic networks, with input data described in XML, is given here as a concrete example. Free Software [3] (or Open Source) projects need not be limited to software development but can generally cover any professional project based on free information exchange; a suggested example is the planned collection of model geodetic networks described in XML

CBiX a model for content-based billing in XML environments

The new global economy is based on knowledge and information. Further- more, the Internet is facilitating new forms of revenue generation of which one recognized potential source is content delivery over the Internet. One aspect that is critical to ensuring a content-based revenue stream is billing. While there are a number of content-based billing systems commercially available, as far as can be determined these products are not based on a common model that can ensure interoperability and communication between the billing sys- tems. This dissertation addresses the need for a content-based billing model by developing the CBiX (Content-based Billing in XML Environments) model. This model, developed in a phased approach as a family of billing models, incorporates three aspects. The rst aspect is access control. The second as- pect is pricing, in the form of document, element and inherited element level pricing for content. The third aspect is XML as the platform for information exchange. The nature of the Internet facilitates information interchange, exible web business models and exible pricing. These facts, coupled with CBiX being concerned with billing for content over the Internet, leads to a number of decisions regarding the model: The CBiX model has to incorporate exible pricing. Therefore pricing is evolved through the development of the family of models from doc- ument level pricing to element level pricing to inherited element level pricing. The CBiX model has to be based on a platform for information inter- change that enables content delivery. XML provides a broad family of standards that is widely supported and creating the next generation Internet. XML is therefore selected as the environment for information exchange for CBiX. The CBiX model requires a form of access control that can provide access to content based on user properties. Credential-based Access Control is therefore selected as the method of access control for CBiX, whereby authorization is granted based on a set of user credentials. Furthermore, this dissertation reports on the development of a prototype. This serves a dual purpose: rstly, to assist the author in understanding the technologies and principles involved; secondly, to illustrate CBiX0 and therefore present a proof-of-concept of at least the base model. The CBiX model provides a base to guide and assist developers with regards to the issues involved with developing a billing system for XML- based environments

Distribution of immunodeficiency fact files with XML – from Web to WAP

BACKGROUND: Although biomedical information is growing rapidly, it is difficult to find and retrieve validated data especially for rare hereditary diseases. There is an increased need for services capable of integrating and validating information as well as proving it in a logically organized structure. A XML-based language enables creation of open source databases for storage, maintenance and delivery for different platforms. METHODS: Here we present a new data model called fact file and an XML-based specification Inherited Disease Markup Language (IDML), that were developed to facilitate disease information integration, storage and exchange. The data model was applied to primary immunodeficiencies, but it can be used for any hereditary disease. Fact files integrate biomedical, genetic and clinical information related to hereditary diseases. RESULTS: IDML and fact files were used to build a comprehensive Web and WAP accessible knowledge base ImmunoDeficiency Resource (IDR) available at . A fact file is a user oriented user interface, which serves as a starting point to explore information on hereditary diseases. CONCLUSION: The IDML enables the seamless integration and presentation of genetic and disease information resources in the Internet. IDML can be used to build information services for all kinds of inherited diseases. The open source specification and related programs are available at