Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII ASP Conference Series, Vol. ... Distributed Searching of Astronomical Databases with Pizazz K. Gamiel, R. McGrath and R. Plante National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 Abstract. ... In such a model, one would build a distributed searching gateway that would o#er a single user interface, but would map the user's query to each and every original data source in its native protocol and interaction style. ...

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