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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPhil Coulthard, David Dykstal, George Voutsinas
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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.
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:
A method by which to transfer data across a network, comprising reading metadata of the data on a first computer system and storing the metadata on a second computer system and then converting the data from the first computer to usable data on the second computer by applying the stored metadata.
A computer processing device, comprising:
An article of manufacture, comprising a data storage medium tangibly embodying a program of machine readable instructions executable by an electronic processing apparatus to perform method steps for operating an electronic processing apparatus, said method steps comprising the steps of:
A computer processing system, comprising:
A computer file transfer mechanism, comprising:
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