Data access within the Information Warehouse framework
Jacquelyn Singleton, Marc Schwartz · IBM Systems Journal · 1994
IBM's Information Warehouse™ framework provides a basis for satisfying enterprise requirements for effective use of business data resources. It includes an architecture that defines the structure and interfaces for integrated solutions and includes products and services that can be used to create solutions. This paper uses the Information Warehouse architecture as a context to describe software components that can be used for direct access to formatted business data in a heterogeneous systems environment. Concepts of independence between software components and how this independence can provide flexibility for change are discussed. The integration of software from multiple vendors to create effective solutions is a key emphasis of this paper.