Method and system for registering software systems and data-sharing sessions

A method for registering software systems in data-sharing sessions based on data-sharing session definitions, each data-sharing session having a priority value assigned thereto to create a prioritized data-sharing session definition, each prioritized data-sharing session definition defining a data-sharing session in which multiple independent software systems share data values for semantically-identified data items and request data items that they need based on the semantics of the data items, the method comprising;

• storing, in storage of a computer system, a set of prioritized data-sharing session definitions, each of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions identifying a set of software system types permitted to participate in data-sharing sessions governed by said prioritized data-sharing session definition;
• receiving a participant registration request from a software system;
• determining, via said computer system for said participant registration request, a priority value for each of a first subset of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, relative values of the priority values specifying the relative priorities of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, wherein the prioritized data-sharing session definition with the highest priority value has the highest priority;
• presenting a list of said first subset of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions ordered using said priority values;
• and
• registering said software system in a data-sharing session governed by one of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions selected by a user from said list.

A computer system for registering software systems in data-sharing sessions based on data-sharing session definitions, each data-sharing session having a priority value assigned thereto to create a prioritized data-sharing session definition, each prioritized data-sharing session definition defining a data-sharing session in which multiple independent software systems share data values for semantically-identified data items and request data items that they need based on the semantics of the data items, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• storage storing a set of prioritized data-sharing session definitions, each of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions identifying a set of software system types permitted to participate in data-sharing sessions governed by said prioritized data-sharing session definition;
• and
• a server executed by said processor and receiving a participant registration request from a first software system, determining, for said participant registration request, a priority value for each of a first subset of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, relative values of the priority values specifying the relative priorities of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, wherein the prioritized data-sharing session definition with the highest priority value has the highest priority, and registering said first software system in one of said data-sharing sessions governed by one of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions based on said selected one of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions having the highest priority according to said priority values.

A computer system for registering software systems in data-sharing sessions based on data-sharing session definitions, each data-sharing session having a priority value assigned thereto to create a prioritized data-sharing session definition, each prioritized data-sharing session definition defining a data-sharing session in which multiple independent software systems share data values for semantically-identified data items and request data items that they need based on the semantics of the data items, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• storage storing a set of prioritized data-sharing session definitions, each of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions identifying a set of software system types permitted to participate in data-sharing sessions governed by said prioritized data-sharing session definition;
• and
• a server executed by said processor and receiving a participant registration request from a software system, determining, for said participant registration request, a priority value for each of a first subset of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, presenting a list of said first subset of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions ordered using said priority values, and registering said software system in a data-sharing session governed by one of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions selected by a user from said list,
• wherein relative values of the priority values specify the relative priorities of said prioritized data-sharing session definitions, wherein the prioritized data-sharing session definition with the highest priority value has the highest priority.