SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT-BASED MODELING USING MODEL OBJECTS EXPORTABLE TO EXTERNAL MODELING TOOLS

• US 20100306340A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: WILLIAMSON, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for object-based modeling using modeling objects exportable to external modeling tools. A modeling client can host modeling logic and an application programming interface (API) to create, access, manipulate, and import/export modeling objects used in modeling applications, such as engineering, medical, financial, and other modeling platforms. In aspects, the source data accepted into the modeling client can be consumer or business-level applications, whose cell, database, or other data content can be extracted and encapsulated in an object-oriented format, such as extensible markup language (XML) format. The modeling client can exchange one or more resulting modeling object directly with external platforms, such as mainframe platforms, middleware databases, and others, via the application programming interface (API) on a programmatic basis. Costs and maintenance savings over mainframe-based modeling tools can thereby be achieved, while providing greater power than consumer or business-level tools.

Claims

1. A method of exporting a selectable model object from a client, comprising:

accessing a set of source data;

selecting at least a portion of the source data to extract at least one data element and at least one attribute of the source data;

generating at least one model object based on the at least one extracted data element and at least one attribute of the selected data; and

initiating the communication of the at least one model object from the client to a remote destination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of source data comprises at least one of spreadsheet data, database data, word processing data, and presentation data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one model object comprises a local model object encoded in extensible markup language (XML) format.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating of the communication comprises accessing the at least one model object via a modeling application programming interface (API).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote destination comprises at least one of a mainframe platform, a middleware server, and a second client.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at least one additional model object from the remote destination in the client.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one model object comprises a model object representing at least one of an engineering model, a manufacturing model, a geophysical model, a statistical model, a financial model, a medical model, or a finite element analysis model.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one model object is generated via a modeling module hosted in the client.

9. The method of claim 1, where the source data is hosted in at least one of local storage of the client and remote storage.

10. A client system, comprising:

an interface to a set of source data; and

a processor, communicating with the set of source data via the interface, the processor being configured to—

access the set of source data,

select at least a portion of the source data to extract at least one data element and at least one attribute of the source data,

generate at least one model object based on the at least one extracted data element and at least one attribute of the selected data, and

initiate the communication of the at least one model object from the client to a remote destination.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the set of source data comprises at least one of spreadsheet data, database data, word processing data, and presentation data.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one model object comprises a local model object encoded in extensible markup language (XML) format.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the initiating of the communication comprises accessing the at least one model object via a modeling application programming interface (API).

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the remote destination comprises at least one of a mainframe platform, a middleware server, and a second client.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising receiving at least one additional model object from the remote destination in the client.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one model object comprises a model object representing at least one of an engineering model, a manufacturing model, a geophysical model, a statistical model, a financial model, a medical model, or a finite element analysis model.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one model object is generated via a modeling module hosted in the client.

18. The system of claim 10, where the source data is hosted in at least one of local storage of the client and remote storage.