The Stanford-IBM Manager of Multiple Information Sources (TSIMMIS)

Why the name?

As an acronym, TSIMMIS stands for "The Stanford-IBM Manager of Multiple Information Sources." In addition, TSIMMIS is a Yiddish word for a stew with "heterogeneous" fruits and vegetables integrated into a surprisingly tasty whole.

Short Project Description

The goal of the TSIMMIS Project is to develop tools that facilitate the rapid integration of heterogeneous information sources that may include both structured and semistructured data. TSIMMIS has components that:

translate queries and information (source wrappers);
extract data from World Wide Web sites;
combine information from several sources (mediator);
allow browsing of data sources over the Web.

The TSIMMIS project is funded by DARPA.

TSIMMIS Links

TSIMMIS publications
People in the TSIMMIS project
Developer's page (restricted access)

TSIMMIS Related Links

LORE, an OEM repository
I3 Initiative Projects Home Page
DARPA Progress Reports
Garlic, our sister project at IBM

Demo And Source Code

An overview of MOBIE used for the demo.

Run a Stock mediator demo
Run a Other sources(weather source, bibliographic sources) demo
Download source code


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Last updated: 1998-Apr-04
Michael Rys < rys@db.stanford.edu >