Software Agent-Oriented Frameworks for Heterogeneous Information Access

In this paper we propose an approach used to design an interoperable environment for distributed and heterogeneous systems. To overcome such constraints, we suggest to develop software agent-oriented frameworks which provide users with relevant and up-todate data from such systems. We present an application of this approach to the SIGAL project in which we are developing an interoperable environment for georeferenced digital libraries. 1 Introduction With the growing number of information technologies, modern organizations tend to be more and more based on disconnected sets of operational systems, that evolve in distributed and heterogeneous environments. In this context and considering the increasing needs of organizations, sharing informational resources has become important. Furthermore, to remain competitive, such organizations have to interconnect their systems in order to provide users with relevant and up-to-date data. The capability of interaction of multiple disThe copyright ..