A Tightly Integrated System

Meta Manager Installation Programs - Automated installation procedures for installing toolkit components on targeted platforms. The installation programs prompt users for configuration information regarding the targeted platform. Once the information has been entered and verified, the program will proceed to perform the installation of all components.

Meta Manager Administrative Interface - The administrative interface is available for UNIX and Windows 95/98/NT platforms and provides data administrators with the ability to define, map and manage relational metadata content. This utility contains all of the facilities necessary for mapping an SQL database schema to a desired standard (e.g., FGDC GEO Profile, GILS, ISO TC/211, etc.). The interface allows users to configure their existing collections within a one-to-two day time frame.

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Meta Manager Server - A Z39.50 Server for connecting relational databases to clearinghouses. The server side is mapped onto the interface of the specific database management system. The communication taking place between the server and the client application is precisely defined within the Z39.50 protocol.

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Meta Miner - A Metadata Clearinghouse Gateway - The optional component, Meta Miner, provides organizations with the ability to create their own information Clearinghouse. The application includes a Z39.50 client that provides intuitive search specification fields, a clearinghouse server registration module and clearinghouse server searching. The client look and feel and operation is fully customizable and supports XML processing. Click here to got to the Meta Miner web site.

In addition, HTML loading scripts are freely available for loading existing static HTML metadata documents into a relational model.
 

Meta Manager may also be connected to the Web Enterprise Suite component Relational Gateway for secure firewall connectivity.