Architectural Issues and Solutions in the Development of Data-Intensive Web Applications.

Abstract

A data-intensive Web application is a Web-enabled software system for the publication and management of large data collections, typically stored in one or more database management systems. Data-intensive Web applications constitute the most diffused class of applications found on the Web today, and their industrial relevance is an established fact. As a consequence, an intense technical and scientific debate is ongoing on the various aspects of their implementation, especially on the software architectures and design process best suited to cope with the peculiar aspects of a data-intensive Web application.