Marchionini UNC-CH
3/14/03
agency backend data
agency backend data
agency backend data
agency backend data
agency intermediary: reports, tables, “planned” DB queries
agency intermediary: reports, tables, “planned” DB queries
agency intermediary: reports, tables, “planned” DB queries
agency intermediary: reports, tables, “planned” DB queries
end user: generally passive
reader, little interaction, must do all integration
Current Situation: each agency has its own backend data and
provides its own intermediary.
End user has little opportunity for interaction or active
manipulation. Burden of finding information and integrating it across agencies (and
occasionally within one agency) is on user.
firewall