User interface service for a services oriented architecture in a data integration platform

• US 20050262194A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ascential Software Corporation (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Mamou, Jean-Claude, Toum, Christophe
• Granted Patent: US 7,814,142 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A user interface, or a component of a user interface, is deployed as a service in a services oriented architecture for use, for example, in a data integration platform.

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; and

wherein the service supports deployment of a graphical user interface that displays a data integration platform function.

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 for a data integration function;

a registry of services; and

an interface for the module;

wherein the module is identified in the registry;

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

wherein the service supports deployment of a graphical user interface that displays a data integration platform function.

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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