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US 2004/0006738 A1Published application
Source of record manager
OwnerPamela Szabo, Daquer Reveroninventors
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Method and system are disclosed for identifying and managing sources of record. The sources of record may be any source of information or data that has been sanctioned or otherwise designated as an approved source. Each information source has or may have one or more source templates associated therewith that describe or point to the information source and the information or data therein. A reference template may then be defined that describes or points to certain source templates which are associated with the sources of record. The source of record manager allows the reference templates to be searched for and modified as needed. Once found, the reference templates may be used to access the data or information, or to build interfaces in an integrated application environment.
A computer based method of managing sources of record, comprising:
4 The method according to claim 1, wherein said one or more selection criteria include one or more dimensional search criteria.
The method according to claim 4, further comprising searching for said reference template using said one or more dimensional search criteria.
10 The method according to claim 1, wherein said source template is generated by an authorized user using a manual entry process.
15 The method according to claim 1, wherein multiple reference templates may be defined based on a single source template.
16 A computer system for managing sources of record, comprising:
The system according to claim 16, wherein said source template and said reference template are in the form of metadata.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said reference template further describes one or more elements of said source template.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more selection criteria include one or more dimensional search criteria.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said computer readable instructions cause said central processing unit to define said reference template independently of any information in said source template.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said source of record may be replaced with a different information source without modifying said reference template.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said source template is generated by an integration system, and said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to extract said source template from said integration system.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said source template is generated by an authorized user using a manual entry process.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to extract information for generating said source template from data traffic in an integration system.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said source of record may be any source of information including data, business rules, conversion formulas, units of measure, schedules, Webservices, XML standards, decisions made, names of individuals, and multimedia content.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to use said reference template in an application integration interface.
The system according to claim 16, wherein said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to access said reference template.
30 The method according to claim 16, wherein said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to define multiple reference templates based on a single source template.
A computer based method of managing sources of record, comprising:
32 The method according to claim 31, wherein said reference template is in the form of metadata.
33 The method according to claim 31, wherein said reference template further describes a portion of said source of record.
35 The method according to claim 34, further comprising searching for said reference template using said one or more dimensional search criteria.
37 The method according to claim 31, wherein said source of record may be replaced with a different information source without modifying said reference template.
40 The method according to claim 31, further comprising accessing said reference template using an integration system.
A computer system for managing sources of record, comprising:
45 The system according to claim 42, wherein said one or more selection criteria include one or more dimensional search criteria.
The system according to claim 45, wherein said computer readable instructions further cause said central processing unit to search for said reference template using said one or more dimensional search criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.