Objetivo Corporate information systems have developed gradually over the last few years, according to the evolution of the market and the capabilities provided by the technology. As a result, a typical information system is frequently composed of a number of different databases, organised according to diverse technologies, based on heterogeneous products, and often distributed across different equipment. Such a situation creates significant barriers to the availability of the information to the end-user, who is faced with a variety of query languages and databases structured in dissimilar ways. To obtain the requested data, they need to know the actual physical organisation of a database as well as needing to use query languages that vary with different products. To facilitate the task of end-users in accessing and retrieving the information they require, the VENUS project aims to develop the prototype of a unified query system that provides a common integrated interface to diverse information sources.The aim of the project is to develop the complete prototype of graphical user interface to multimedia, distributed and heterogeneous data. The VENUS graphic interface is based on a conceptual representation of the data itself (through icons and diagrams), making its physical implementation and management totally transparent to the user. The system will represent a valuable contribution to the needs of various business environments. Typical scenarios can be identified in hospitals, transport, information brokers, government organizations and bibliographical databases. A working prototype has been developed that represents the basis for subsequent work within the project. This prototype is currently being experimented and demonstrated in the live environment of different business organizations, so as to verify the response of the system with the actual user requirements.The project is mainly based on the exploitation of the results of the KIM (5638) exploratory action, and will evolve them towards the prototype of a complete query system that can be installed on top of several systems currently used for the management of both structured data and extended types of information, such as texts and images. The system will be based on an open architecture and on the industrial Unix and MS-DOS standards. It will provide diagrammatic and iconic interfaces, enabling the user to identify, select and retrieve information of interest from heterogeneous and distributed databases in a uniform manner, independent of the specific underlying database models, languages and systems. The consortium includes software houses, manufacturers and actual users. This organisation permits the early validation and the incremental optimisation of the adopted solutions through installing and experimenting with the VENUS system in the real-life (hospital and office) environments of the participating users organisation. By also exploiting the results of KIM, promotions, presentations and workshops will be organised from the early phases involving external organisations; this will widely verify the adopted approach as well as creating the basis for subsequent industrial exploitation. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programa(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador Gestione Sistemi per l'Informatica Srl Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Rodi 32 00195 Roma Italia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (8) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA) Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Viale Regina Margherita 125 00148 Roma Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos FUTUREMEDIA Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección ARUNDEL ROAD BN18 0QP ARUNDEL Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos IRISH MEDICAL SYSTEMS Irlanda Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección BLACKROCK CLINIC X DUBLIN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Institut International de Robotique et d'Intelligence Artificielle de Marseille Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 2 rue Henri Barbusse 13241 Marseille Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Software AG Italia SpA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Roma 108 20060 Milano Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN Irlanda Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 2 Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Largo Agostino Gemelli 8 00168 Roma Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Nomentana 118 00161 Roma Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
