Transferring data and storing metadata across a network
First Claim
1. A method to transfer data from a first computer to a second computer, the first and second computer having disparate file structures, each of the file structures characterized by its metadata, the method comprising the steps of:
- (1) listing a data structure of the data to be transferred from the first computer;
(2) scanning the metadata of the data structure to be transferred;
(3) storing the metadata in a .properties file;
(4) creating a corresponding data structure of the data structure in the second computer;
(5) translating the metadata in the .properties file to corresponding metadata in the second computer;
(6) transferring the data; and
(7) converting the data in the data structure of the first computer to a usable format in the corresponding data structure in the second computer using the corresponding metadata.
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Abstract
Data is now able to be transferred back and forth between computer systems which have disparate file systems, e.g., between a computer having a hierarchical file system and a computer having a nonhierarchical file system. The differences, however, are not limited to the file storage system. Data may now be transferred across different platforms, different human and computer languages, different binary codes, etc. From one computer system the associated metadata is stored in a interpretable format on the second computer system so that when data and its associated metadata are transferred, the second computer system can interpret the transferred data. Data transfer can be accomplished in both directions. Thus, a tool writer or a software developer using a integrated development environment, such as Eclipse, on a Linux workstation with its hierarchical file system may download source files and other resources from an iSeries computer server with its OS/400 nonhierarchical file system, modify the resources, and then put them back onto the iSeries machine for use on the iSeries. The metadata of the source file and other resources are stored in a .properties file which, if in XML format, supports the transfer of resources across the Internet.
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15 Claims
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1. A method to transfer data from a first computer to a second computer, the first and second computer having disparate file structures, each of the file structures characterized by its metadata, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) listing a data structure of the data to be transferred from the first computer; (2) scanning the metadata of the data structure to be transferred; (3) storing the metadata in a .properties file; (4) creating a corresponding data structure of the data structure in the second computer; (5) translating the metadata in the .properties file to corresponding metadata in the second computer; (6) transferring the data; and (7) converting the data in the data structure of the first computer to a usable format in the corresponding data structure in the second computer using the corresponding metadata. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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