SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET REGISTRATION WORKFLOWS UTILIZING AN EVENTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN A METADATA REPOSITORY

• US 20090182610A1
• Filed: 01/12/2009
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Keyes, David S., Palanisamy, Muthukumar S., Lippert, Catherine Betz
• Granted Patent: US 9,589,250 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Described herein is a system and method for automating asset workflows in a service metadata repository. A service metadata repository includes an event model for generating one or more events based on a change to one or more assets. A persistent message stores the one or more events. A subscription service provides the ability to subscribe to one or more events and register one or more subscribed web service endpoints where the one or more events will be delivered. A delivery service matches the one or more events to the one or more web service endpoint and delivers the one or more events to a notification service. A notification service notifies the one or more subscribed web service endpoints of the one or more events. One or more workflows automate asset registration based on rules configured in an XML file, wherein the one or more workflows are initiated upon receiving the one or more events at a subscribed web service endpoint.

Claims

1. A system for automating asset workflows in a service metadata repository, comprising:

a service metadata repository, wherein the service metadata repository includes an event manager for generating one or more events based on a change to one or more assets;

a persistent message store for storing the one or more events;

a subscription service for registering one or more subscribed web service endpoints to receive the one or more events;

an event notification service that notifies the one or more subscribed web service endpoints of the one or more events; and

one or more workflows to automate asset registration based on rules configured in an XML file, wherein the one or more workflows are initiated upon receiving the one or more events at a subscribed web service endpoint.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification service notifies the one or more subscribed web service endpoints using SOAP/HTTP, SOAP/JMS, or pluggable extensions to additional transport protocols.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more events are generated by a change in an asset lifecycle stage.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a business process management system executes the one or more workflows after receiving the event from the subscribed web service endpoint.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more workflows include:

accepting assets based on Types or Communities or Projects;

assigning assets based on Types or Communities or Projects; and

registering assets based on Types or Communities or Projects.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more workflows include workflows using automatic timers to track, including:

registration status and send reminders based on configured rules;

asset expiration status and send reminders based on configured rules; and

expired assets and delete the assets based on configured rules;

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more workflows include workflows to intercept metadata changes and take pre-defined actions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more workflows can be customized to handle state changes.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the events are filtered using rules and delivered in a reliable, scalable, clustered fashion to pre-defined business process management web service endpoints.

10. A computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by a computer cause the computer to perform steps comprising:

a service metadata repository, wherein the service metadata repository includes an event manager for generating one or more events based on a change to one or more assets;

a persistent message store for storing the one or more events;

a subscription service for registering one or more subscribed web service endpoints to receive the one or more events;

an event notification service that notifies the one or more subscribed web service endpoints of the one or more events; and

one or more workflows to automate asset registration based on rules configured in an XML file, wherein the one or more workflows are initiated upon receiving the one or more events at a subscribed web service endpoint.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the notification service notifies the one or more subscribed web service endpoints using SOAP/HTTP, SOAP/JMS, or pluggable extensions to additional transport protocols.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the events are generated by a change in an asset lifecycle stage.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein a business process management system executes the one or more workflows after receiving the event from the subscribed web service endpoint.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more workflows include:

accepting assets based on Types or Communities or Projects;

assigning assets based on Types or Communities or Projects; and

registering assets based on Types or Communities or Projects.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more workflows include workflows using timers to track, including:

registration status and send reminders based on configured rules;

asset expiration status and send reminders based on configured rules; and

expired assets and delete the assets based on configured rules.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more workflows include workflows to intercept metadata changes and take pre-defined actions.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more workflows can be customized to handle state changes.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the events are filtered using rules and delivered in a reliable, scalable, clustered fashion to pre-defined business process management web service endpoints.

19. A method for an automatic asset acceptance workflow in a service metadata repository, comprising:

receiving an asset for submission from a submitter at a service metadata repository;

determining whether the asset qualifies for an automatic acceptance workflow, wherein determining whether the asset qualifies for the automatic acceptance workflow comprises;

determining whether the asset qualifies for automatic acceptance based on type of asset if type of asset is sufficient for the determining;

determining whether the asset qualifies for automatic acceptance based on community of asset if type of asset is insufficient and community is sufficient for the determining; and

determining whether the asset qualifies for automatic acceptance based on categorization if type of asset and community are insufficient for the determining;

comparing the submitter with roles in a database of approved roles; and

automatically accepting the asset into the service metadata repository if the submitter matches a role in the database of approved roles.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising a workflow for automatically notifying assigned approvers that the asset has been submitted and is waiting for approval.