System and method for retrieving information from disparate information sources and integrating the information in accordance with a domain model

摘要

A system and method are provided for retrieving and integrating information from different information sources. The system includes a model agent and a plurality of integration agents. A query is sent to a first integration agent, which assigns the query to any of the plurality of integration agents. The first integration agent creates one or more query results by integrating the information obtained from the information sources through at least one of the plurality of integration agents in a peer-to-peer fashion.