• Chapter 1: Web-Hermes 1.0 Overview.

• 1.1 -- Introduction
• 1.2 -- Hermes (HEterogeneous Reasoning and MEdiator System) specifics.
• 1.4 -- Technical challenges.
• 1.5 -- Acknowledgments.
• 1.6 -- Audience.
• 1.7 -- Font Conventions.
• 1.8 -- Hermes language syntax.
• 1.9 -- World-wide web page.

• Chapter 2: Web-Hermes source code installation and compilation.

• 2.1 -- Installation.
• 2.2 -- Source setup and extraction.
• 2.3 -- Recursed directory structures and notable files.
• 2.3.1 -- The source directory.
• 2.3.2 -- The source/interfaces subdirectory.
• 2.4 -- Hermes environment setup and compilation (update in progress).

• Chapter 3: System Architecture.

• 3.1 -- Introduction.
• 3.1.1 -- The domain catalog file.
• 3.1.2 -- Mediator files.
• 3.1.3 -- Mediator catalog files.
• 3.1.4 -- Hermes search engine software (updated 26 Mar 98).
• 3.1.5 -- Domain interfaces.
• 3.1.6 -- Domain function servers.
• 3.2 -- Hermes provides standalone and client/server programming interfaces.

• Chapter 4: Ingres domain function / mediator example.

• 4.1 -- Introduction.
• 4.2 -- Domain implementation, the Ingres example.
• 4.3 -- Mediator implementation.
• 4.4 -- Mediator query execution -- the "Proof".

• Chapter 5: Hermes Types, Variables and Constants.

• 5.1 -- Introduction.
• 5.2 -- Hermes character set.
• 5.3 -- Hermes data/term types.
• 5.4 -- Hermes variables.
• 5.5 -- Hermes constants.
• 5.6 -- Hermes boolean values.
• 5.7 -- Hermes integer values.
• 5.8 -- Hermes real values.
• 5.9 -- Hermes name values.
• 5.10 -- Hermes keywords.
• 5.11 -- Hermes file names (Updated 25 June 1998).
• 5.12 -- Hermes strings.
• 5.13 -- Hermes arrays.
• 5.14 -- Hermes records.
• 5.15 -- Hermes sets.

• Chapter 6: The Domain Catalog.

• 6.1 -- Introduction.
• 6.2 -- Declarations.
• 6.2.1 -- The domain declaration.
• 6.2.2 -- The type declaration.
• 6.2.3 -- The domain function declaration.
• 6.2.4 -- Ellipse (. . .) usage.
• 6.2.5 -- Domain function number type.
• 6.2.6 -- Domain function any type.
• 6.2.7 -- The domain data function.

• Chapter 7: The Mediator Language.

• 7.1 -- Introduction.
• 7.2 -- Hermes mediator declarations.
• 7.2.1 -- The predicate declaration (web updates pending).
• 7.2.2 -- The directory declaration.
• 7.2.3 -- The data declaration.
• 7.2.4 -- The include declaration.
• 7.3 -- Mediator terms.
• 7.3.1 -- Array elements.
• 7.3.2 -- Record fields.
• 7.4 -- Literals.
• 7.4.1 -- Predicates.
• 7.4.2 -- Comparison literals.
• 7.4.3 -- Instantiation.
• 7.4.4 -- The constant and variable literals.
• 7.4.5 -- The default literal.
• 7.4.6 -- The in and out literals.
• 7.4.7 -- The is literal.
• 7.5 -- Hermes predicate clauses.
• 7.6 -- Hermes queries.

• Chapter 8: The Mediator Catalog.

• 8.1 -- Introduction.
• 8.2 -- The System Mediator Catalog.
• 8.3 -- The User Mediator Catalog.

• Chapter 9: Hermes interfaces (updates pending).

• 9.1 -- Introduction.
• 9.1.1 -- The Web-Hermes interface.
• 9.1.2 -- The X-Hermes interface.
• 9.1.3 -- The original Hermes interface.
• 9.1.4 -- The remote Hermes server interface.

• Chapter 10: Writing Mediators.

• 10.1 -- Introduction.
• 10.2 -- Writing predicate declarations.
• 10.3 -- Writing truth declarations.
• 10.4 -- Writing directory declarations.
• 10.5 -- Writing data declarations.
• 10.6 -- Writing predicate rules.
• 10.6.1 -- Data type conversions.
• 10.7 -- Appending a mediator catalog file.

• Chapter 11: Integrating domains.

• 11.1 -- Introduction.
• 11.2 -- Target domain software exploration.
• 11.3 -- Target domain declaration.
• 11.4 -- Writing the target domain call function.
• 11.4.1 -- Writing call function prototypes.
• 11.4.2 -- Writing the call function definitions.
• 11.5 -- Writing the target domain communication and conversion layer.
• 11.5.1 -- Create the target domain source code directory (d-DomainName).
• 11.5.2 -- Create the target domain prototype header file.
• 11.5.3 -- Create the target domain interface source code file.
• 11.6 -- Updating the Hermes master production files.
• 11.6.1 -- Call function make.inc file entries.
• 11.6.2 -- Domain object make.inc file entries.
• 11.6.3 -- Domain dependency make.inc file entries.
• 11.6.4 -- Hermes link-object make.inc file entries.

• Chapter 12: Mediator Application Examples.

• 12.1 -- The terrain reasoning mediator.
• 12.2 -- The robotic inventory mediator.
• 12.3 -- The banking mediator.

• Chapter 13: Extending the Hermes language/parser.

• 13.1 -- Introduction.
• 13.2 -- Mediator declarations.
• 13.3 -- Mediator literals.

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