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In general, this will be handled using a three-tier architecture. Agents will be built to run on the middle tier to access multiple existing DBMSs and output XML. These agents will also support the ability to generate XML updategrams bidirectionally, to inform the client of changes made to the data on the middle tier or database server, and vice versa. Consequently, the agents will be able to receive updategrams from the client and send updates to the DBMS.