Data integration through a services oriented architecture

• US 20050223109A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ascential Software Corporation (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Meeks, Dave, Dos Santos, Cassio Souza, Scheffler, Lee, Mamou, Jean-Claude, Cherel, Thomas, Tinnel, Brian
• Application Number:
  US11/104,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20050223109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/232
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Services such as product services, real-time services, and common services are deployed in a services oriented architecture. These services may, for example, be deployed for use in a variety of enterprise data integration functions.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a module for a data integration function;

providing a registry of services;

providing an interface for the module; and

identifying the module in the registry, wherein the module can be accessed as a service in a services oriented architecture.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises an extraction function.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a data transformation.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a loading function.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a metadata management function.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a data profiling function.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a mapping function.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a data quality function.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises a data cleansing function.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration function comprises an atomic data repository function.

11. A system, comprising:

a module adapted to provide a data integration function;

a registry of services; and

an interface for the module;

wherein the module is identified in the registry; and

wherein the module can be accessed as a service in a services oriented architecture.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises an extraction function.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a data transformation.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a loading function.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a metadata management function.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a data profiling function.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a mapping function.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a data quality function.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises a data cleansing function.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration function comprises an atomic data repository function.

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