Data transfer and/or transformation system and method
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of processing data comprising the steps of:
- iv) defining meta-data descriptors to represent the data;
v) in an interactive user application defining a process associated with at least one of the meta-data descriptors; and
vi) processing the data in accordance with the defined process. Meta-Data Connectors
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Abstract
A method for processing data. Meta-data descriptors (15, 18) are defined to describe the data either by the user (17) or automatically using a meta-data connector (16). A meta-data descriptor describes the structure of data including field names (1, 4). A meta-data connector describes how to access the data. Different types of meta-data connectors (10, 11, 12) exist for different types of data such as JDBC and XML. An interactive user application (23) is utilised to facilitate the definition of a process. A process consists of certain operations (7) in relation to meta-data descriptors (2, 5) such as transformation of data from one field name to another. A component (8, 26) is provided to process data in accordance with the defined process. A computer system and software for implementing the method is also disclosed.
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1. A computer implemented method of processing data comprising the steps of:
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iv) defining meta-data descriptors to represent the data;
v) in an interactive user application defining a process associated with at least one of the meta-data descriptors; and
vi) processing the data in accordance with the defined process. Meta-Data Connectors - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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65. A computer implemented method of transforming selected data from one or more source data sources to one or more target data sources comprising the steps of:
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iv) defining meta-data descriptors for the source data sources and for the target data sources;
v) in an interactive user application defining a transformation process between the source meta-data descriptors and the target meta-data descriptors; and
vi) transforming source data extracted from the source data sources in accordance with the defined transformation process to generate target data for supply to the target data sources.
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66. A computer system for processing data comprising:
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vi) a processor;
vii) memory for supplying data to the processor;
viii) an input device for providing user input to the processor;
ix) a display device for displaying information from the processor;
x) an application residing in memory which, when executed by the processor, is responsive to user input to define meta-data descriptors to represent data and to define a process associated with at least one of the meta-data descriptors; and
to process the data in accordance with the defined process. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A computer system for processing data substantially as herein described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 25 of the accompanying drawings.
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84. A computer implemented method of processing data substantially as herein described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings.
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