System and method for modeling and managing enterprise architecture data and content models and their relationships
First Claim
1. A system for managing schemas across a distributed computing environment, wherein the schemas are stored or accessible from a data store, comprising:
- a set of one or more client components; and
at least one server component that exposes a collection of schemas to each of the set of one or more client components that are connected to the server component;
wherein at least one client component is adapted to generate a visual display of at least one interrelationship between at least first and second schemas in the collection of schemas.
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Abstract
The present invention is a distributed system comprising client- and server-side components that, together, allow XML schemas or the like to be managed in a collaborative way across an enterprise environment. The server-side component, or server, is used to assemble a collection of one or more schemas. The server exposes the collection of schemas to one or more client components that connect to the server. Such connections may be made over a computer network. The client component preferably exports a display interface through which a user can visualize dependencies between schemas, e.g., by dragging them into a workspace and viewing all related schemas and how they are connected, as well as what elements and other components they define. In this way, the client component provides a high-level view of a larger (e.g., enterprise-wide) information architecture.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for managing schemas across a distributed computing environment, wherein the schemas are stored or accessible from a data store, comprising:
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a set of one or more client components; and
at least one server component that exposes a collection of schemas to each of the set of one or more client components that are connected to the server component;
wherein at least one client component is adapted to generate a visual display of at least one interrelationship between at least first and second schemas in the collection of schemas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus for use in managing a collection of schemas, wherein the schemas are accessible over a network from a server, comprising:
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a processor;
code executable in the processor to generate an information display illustrating the collection of schemas and their interrelationships;
code executable in the processor to generate a modified information display; and
code executable in the processor in response to generation of the modified information display for communicating to the server information to update the collection of schemas automatically. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of creating and managing information architectures across a distributed computing environment, wherein the information architectures are stored or accessible from a data store, comprising:
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exposing, from a server, a collection of information architectures, wherein the collection of information architectures are exposed to each of a set of clients that are connected to the server;
displaying, at a first client connected to the server, an information display illustrating the collection of information architectures and their interrelationships;
displaying, at a second client connected to the server, the information display;
in response to a modification to the information display at either the first client or the second client, propagating information concerning the modification to the server and updating the collection of information architectures accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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