WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY VIA DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL AND CONDITION CREATION

• US 20120221598A1
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dettinger, Richard D., Kulack, Frederick A., Paterson, Kevin G., Wenzel, Shannon E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,667,011 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A method includes receiving a selection of a logical field of a data abstraction model. The method includes determining model entries (e.g., concepts) associated with the selected logical field and examining the data abstraction model to determine other model entries that are equal to the model entries associated with the selected logical field. For each equal model entry, the method includes determining web services to be used in performing a search, where the web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field. A first discovered web service is executed with user supplied criteria provided via a user interface to obtain a list of values. A condition is created that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the user supplied criteria.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a selection of a logical field, the selected logical field associated with a data abstraction model of a database, wherein the data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, and wherein each logical field of the plurality of logical fields corresponds to a particular data structure of the database;

determining a first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field;

examining the data abstraction model to identify a second set of model entries that are equal to the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field;

determining, for each model entry of the second set of model entries, one or more web services to be used in performing a search, wherein the one or more web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model of the database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field, wherein a web service input of a particular discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and wherein a web service output of the particular discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry;

displaying a user interface that identifies the one or more discovered web services, the user interface adapted to receive user supplied criteria with respect to each web service of the one or more discovered web services;

initiating execution of a first discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with first user supplied criteria to obtain a first list of values; and

creating a condition that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the first user supplied criteria, wherein the condition is applicable to the first list of values.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the service examines real-time data associated with a healthcare facility.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the service determines that a particular doctor is within the healthcare facility based on badge information.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the service determines that a particular doctor is within the healthcare facility based on schedule information.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating execution of a second discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with second user supplied criteria to obtain a second list of values; and

modifying the condition based on the second user supplied criteria.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is provided to a user dynamically such that the one or more discovered web services are presented to the user while building the condition.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising executing the condition based on the first user supplied criteria and based on the first list of values returned by the first discovered web service.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field includes a date concept.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the date concept include an employee identifier concept.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the date concept include a doctor identifier concept.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field include a doctor concept.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the doctor concept include an employee identifier concept.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the doctor concept include a doctor identifier concept.

14. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a selection of a logical field, the selected logical field associated with a data abstraction model of a database, wherein the data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, and wherein each logical field of the plurality of logical fields corresponds to a particular data structure of the database;

identify a first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field, wherein the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field includes a date concept;

examine the data abstraction model to identify a second set of model entries that are equal to the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the date concept include an employee identifier concept, a doctor identifier concept, or any combination thereof;

determine, for each model entry of the second set of model entries, one or more web services to be used in performing a search, wherein the one or more web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model of the database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field, wherein a web service input of a particular discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and wherein a web service output of the particular discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry;

display a user interface that identifies the one or more discovered web services, the user interface adapted to receive user supplied criteria with respect to each web service of the one or more discovered web services;

initiate execution of a first discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with first user supplied criteria to obtain a first list of values; and

create a condition that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the first user supplied criteria, wherein the condition is applicable to the first list of values.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the computer readable storage medium further comprises instructions stored therein, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute the condition based on the first user supplied criteria and based on the first list of values returned by the first discovered web service.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the computer readable storage medium further comprises instructions stored therein, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

initiate execution of a second discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with second user supplied criteria to obtain a second list of values; and

modify the condition based on the second user supplied criteria.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the user interface is provided to a user dynamically such that the one or more discovered web services are presented to the user while building the condition.

18. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a selection of a logical field to build a condition on, the selected logical field associated with a data abstraction model of a database, wherein the data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, and wherein each logical field of the plurality of logical fields corresponds to a particular data structure of the database;

retrieve a set of model entries of the data abstraction model based on the selected logical field, wherein the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field include a doctor concept;

examine the data abstraction model to identify a second set of model entries that are equal to the first set of model entries associated with the selected logical field, wherein the second set of model entries that are equal to the doctor concept include an employee identifier concept, a doctor identifier concept, or any combination thereof;

determine, for each model entry of the second set of model entries, one or more web services to be used in performing a search, wherein the one or more web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model of the database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field, wherein a web service input of a particular discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and wherein a web service output of the particular discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry;

display a user interface that identifies the one or more discovered web services, the user interface adapted to receive user supplied criteria with respect to each web service;

initiate execution of a first discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with first user supplied criteria to obtain a first list of values; and

create a condition that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the first user supplied criteria, wherein the condition is applicable to the first list of values.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the user interface is provided to a user dynamically such that the one or more discovered web services are presented to the user while building the condition.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the computer readable storage medium further comprises instructions stored therein, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

initiate execution of a second discovered web service of the one or more discovered web services with second user supplied criteria to obtain a second list of values; and

modify the condition based on the second user supplied criteria.