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Metadata storage architecture and data aggregation

AssigneeJFrog Ltd.

InventorYoav Landman

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Abstract

The present disclosure is associated with operation of a metadata server for package management including development and deployment of software. To illustrate, a metadata server stores a database model including multiple data structures that each include one or more entries of multiple data objects and a set of mapping rules defining links between different data structures of the multiple data structure. A method of operating the metadata server includes determining access permissions for an entity. The access permissions correspond to authorization to access a set of the multiple data structures. The method further includes identifying and executing a mapping rule to authorize a link between two or more data structures. The method further includes accessing a portion of requested metadata from the two or more data structures that have an authorized active link, and providing an output of the portion of the requested metadata arranged according to an output format.

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Dependent claims

A method for operating a metadata server for package management including development and deployment of software, the method comprising:

at a metadata server storing a database model including a plurality of data structures with entries of multiple data objects, a set of mapping rules each executable to define links between one or more data structures of the plurality of data structures, and a set of operation rules for executing operations on the database model, performing:
receiving, by one or more processors, a user identifier for an entity;
determining, by the one or more processors, access permissions for the entity, based on the user identifier;
executing, by the one or more processors, one or more mapping rules of the set of mapping rules, the one or more mapping rules executed to authorize one or more active links between a set of data structures of the plurality of data structures that the entity is authorized to access, the one or more mapping rules selected by the one or more processors in accordance with the access permissions for the entity, the one or more active links enabling a search of the set of data structures based on a single search request from the entity;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a search request from the entity for metadata related to a software package;
searching, by the one or more processors, the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links to identify at least a portion of the metadata that the entity is authorized to access in response to the search request, the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links including one or more software package data structures of the plurality of data structures and one or more version data structures each associated with a corresponding mapping rule of the set of mapping rules that, when executed by the one or more processors, authorize one or more corresponding active links to the one or more software package data structures, the one or more software package data structures storing first metadata that indicates software package types of software packages represented by the one or more software package data structures, and the one or more version data structures storing second metadata that indicates one or more versions of the software packages represented by the one or more version data structures;
and
providing, by the one or more processors, an output including the identified portion of the metadata to the entity.

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A system for operating a metadata server for package management including development and deployment of software, the system comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions and a database model including a plurality of data structures with entries of multiple data objects, a set of mapping rules each executable to define links between one or more data structures of the plurality of data structures, and a set of operation rules for executing operations on the database model;
and
one or more processors coupled to the at least one memory, the one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the one or more processors to:
receive a user identifier for an entity;
determine access permissions for the entity, based on the user identifier;
execute one or more mapping rules of the set of mapping rules, the one or more mapping rules executed to authorize one or more active links between a set of data structures of the plurality of data structures that the entity is authorized to access, the one or more mapping rules selected by the one or more processors in accordance with the access permissions for the entity, the one or more active links enabling a search of the set of data structures based on a single search request from the entity;
receive a search request from the entity for metadata based on and related to a software package;
search the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links to identify at least a portion of the metadata that the entity is authorized to access in response to the search request, the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links including one or more software package data structures of the plurality of data structures and one or more version data structures each associated with a corresponding mapping rule of the set of mapping rules that, when executed by the one or more processors, authorize one or more corresponding active links to the one or more software package data structures, the one or more software package data structures storing first metadata that indicates software package types of software packages represented by the one or more software package data structures, and the one or more version data structures storing second metadata that indicates one or more versions of the software packages represented by the one or more version data structures;
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provide an output including the identified portion of the metadata to the entity.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for operating a metadata server for package management including development or deployment of software, the metadata server storing a database model including a plurality of data structures with entries of multiple data objects, a set of mapping rules each executable to define links between one or more data structures of the plurality of data structures, and a set of operation rules for executing one or more operations on the database model, the operations comprising:

receiving a user identifier for an entity;
determining access permissions for the entity, based on the user identifier;
executing one or more mapping rules of the set of mapping rules, the one or more mapping rules executed to authorize one or more active links between a set of data structures of the plurality of data structures that the entity is authorized to access, the one or more mapping rules selected by the one or more processors in accordance with the access permissions for the entity, the one or more active links enabling a search of the set of linked data structures based on a single search request from the entity;
receiving a search request from the entity for metadata based on and related to a software package;
searching the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links to identify at least a portion of the metadata that the entity is authorized to access in response to the search request, the set of data structures linked via the one or more active links including one or more software package data structures of the plurality of data structures and one or more version data structures each associated with a corresponding mapping rule of the set of mapping rules that, when executed by the one or more processors, authorize one or more corresponding active links to the one or more software package data structures, the one or more software package data structures storing first metadata that indicates software package types of software packages represented by the one or more software package data structures, and the one or more version data structures storing second metadata that indicates one or more versions of the software packages represented by the one or more version data structures;
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providing an output including the identified portion of the metadata to the entity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 17/681,074Filed 25 Feb 2022 · continuation
Priority: 31 Jul 2019
Published: US 2022/0237315 A128 Jul 2022
Granted: 31 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 21/6227
To a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database: where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records,…
G06F 8/71
Software maintenance or management: version control ; Configuration management
G06F 8/77
Software maintenance or management: software metrics
G06F 16/212
Schema design and management: with details for data modelling support

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Application62/880,960Us provisional application · filed 31 Jul 2019
Application16/945,478Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jul 2020
US 2022/0237315 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Jul 2022
US 11,288,395 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0034776 A1Published application
US 12,182,295 B2This patent

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