SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND UPDATING DATA FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES FOR A PROJECT
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1. A method for managing data provided from a plurality of systems, comprising:
- providing a set of objects for data;
providing a set of classes for the data;
maintaining a catalog with an entry for each data instance of the data;
in the catalog, identifying for each data instance its source system and its level of harmonization with other data from the plurality of systems;
applying a set of harmonization rules to the data to identify a group of related data and an owner of the group of data;
identifying differences in instantiations in the group of data; and
initiating an update request to an affected system of the plurality of systems having the differences,wherein the data is accessible by a central data processing system which stores a copy of the data and selectively initiates the update requests.
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The disclosure relates to a system and method for managing data from a number of systems. The method comprises: defining a set of objects for the data; defining a set of classes for the data; maintaining a catalog for each instance of the data; in the catalog identifying each instance'"'"'s source system and its level of harmonization with other data; applying a set of harmonization rules to identify from the data a group of related data and an owner of the group; identifying differences in instantiations within the group; and initiating update requests to affected systems having the identified differences.
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1. A method for managing data provided from a plurality of systems, comprising:
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providing a set of objects for data; providing a set of classes for the data; maintaining a catalog with an entry for each data instance of the data; in the catalog, identifying for each data instance its source system and its level of harmonization with other data from the plurality of systems; applying a set of harmonization rules to the data to identify a group of related data and an owner of the group of data; identifying differences in instantiations in the group of data; and initiating an update request to an affected system of the plurality of systems having the differences, wherein the data is accessible by a central data processing system which stores a copy of the data and selectively initiates the update requests.
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