Adapter framework for line-of-business application integration
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1. A data access system for accessing data from a line-of-business system comprising:
- a data model system to provide a pre-made data model to a user, the pre-made data model modeling the line-of-business system into common business semantics;
a map generation system to generate a map that aliases source metadata to common business semantics according to the pre-made data model; and
a data exaction system that utilizes the map to extract data from the line-of-business system.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a framework to facilitate interoperability and interactions with a plurality of line-of-business (LOB) applications. In particular, maps are populated with application or system design information such as semantic and technical data. The maps are subsequently employed by the framework to enable users to interact with common and consistent semantic terminologies over a common and consistent implementation technology. Consequently, users and/or client data applications are able interact effortlessly with semantically meaningful data from a plurality of heterogeneous LOB sources.
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40 Claims
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1. A data access system for accessing data from a line-of-business system comprising:
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a data model system to provide a pre-made data model to a user, the pre-made data model modeling the line-of-business system into common business semantics;
a map generation system to generate a map that aliases source metadata to common business semantics according to the pre-made data model; and
a data exaction system that utilizes the map to extract data from the line-of-business system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A line-of-business data integration and interaction system comprising:
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a data model component to provide a pre-built data model to a user, the pre-built data model modeling a data schema into common business semantics;
a map component that aliases non-descriptive source data to the common business semantics according to the pre-built data model and provides technical information to enable interaction with one or more line-of-business applications; and
an extraction system that utilizes information provided by the map component to connect to the one or more applications and retrieve data in response to client application queries. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for interacting with line-of-business data comprising:
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a means for providing a pre-made data model to a user, the pre-made data model modeling the line-of-business data into common business semantics;
a means for providing a mapping between complex source metadata and common business semantics according to the pre-made data model; and
a means for exposing line of business source data to client applications utilizing the mapping. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for accessing data organized in a schema comprising:
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providing a pre-built data model to a user, the pre-built data model modeling the schema into business domain terms;
generating a map component to map esoteric source metadata to business domain terms according to the pre-built data model; and
extracting data from a line-of-business source utilizing the map component and a connection cartridge component identified thereby. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An enterprise data access methodology comprising:
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providing a pre-made data model to a user, the pre-made data model modeling a schema of the enterprise data into common business terms;
receiving a request for data from an enterprise resource data client;
accessing a data map in response to the request, the data map generated in accordance with the pre-made data model; and
extracting data from at least one heterogeneous data source in accordance with the data map, the map exposing data to a client by aliasing obscure source metadata to common business terms. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An enterprise data access methodology comprising:
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providing pre-defined line-of-business application data models to a user, the pre-defined line-of-business application data models mapping a schema of the enterprise data according to common business terms;
presenting mapped schema to a data provider component, the mapped schema aliasing complex application metadata to common business semantics in accordance with the pre-defined line-of-business application data models;
receiving a query from a client via the data provider component;
utilizing information provided by a map component to determine data access protocols; and
retrieving data from at least one enterprise source. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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