title: An approach for access differentiation design in medical distributed applications built on databases.
abstract: A formalized "top to bottom" design approach was described in [1] for distributed applications built on databases, which were considered as a medium between virtual and real user environments for a specific medical application. Merging different components within a unified distributed application posits new essential problems for software. Particularly protection tools, which are sufficient separately, become deficient during the integration due to specific additional links and relationships not considered formerly. E.g., it is impossible to protect a shared object in the virtual operating room using only DBMS protection tools, if the object is stored as a record in DB tables. The solution of the problem should be found only within the more general application framework. Appropriate tools are absent or unavailable. The present paper suggests a detailed outline of a design and testing toolset for access differentiation systems (ADS) in distributed medical applications which use databases. The appropriate formal model as well as tools for its mapping to a DMBS are suggested. Remote users connected via global networks are considered too.
authors.affiliation: Yerevan State University.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shoukourian
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vasilyan
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Avagyan
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Shukurian
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface