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. In many large organizations there has been a proliferation of database systems to handle ever increasing volumes of information. In order to explore a potentially huge on-line information space, we must develop an architecture which allows for the dynamic data driven construction of inter--database node relationships in an incremental manner. In this paper we introduce the FINDIT architecture which uses information meta-types to provide a basis for such an organization and, consequently, provides a platform for interoperability. A distinction is made between the information and inter-node relationship spaces to achieve scalability. Tassili language primitives are used for the incremental building of dynamic inter--node relationships based upon usage considerations. Keywords: Multidatabases, Federated Databases, Interoperability, Heterogeneous and Autonomous Databases, Query Languages. 1. Introduction Sharing information among autonomous heterogeneous databases has been researched e...

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