Conduit manager for occasionally-connected application server

A method comprising:

• at a server, synchronizing data nodes with a client for an application including an occasionally-connected data model;
• and
• at the server, translating between data from external systems and the data nodes defined by the occasionally-connected data model.

An occasionally-connected application server comprising:

• memory to store an occasionally-connected data model;
• and
• a cache to store data nodes as defined by the occasionally-connected data model, wherein the occasionally-connected application server caches data nodes in the cache as indicated by metadata in the occasionally-connected data model.

The occasionally-connected application server of claim 20, wherein synchronization of the data nodes between the occasionally-connected application server and the client can be done in the background.

An occasionally-connected application server comprising:

• a first component configured to synchronize data nodes with a client for an application, the application including an occasionally-connected data model;
• and
• a second component configured to translate between data from external systems and the data nodes defined by the occasionally-connected data model.

A system including:

• an occasionally-connected application server configured to provide an application to a client, the application allowing a client to read and update application data without requiring current access to the occasionally-connected application server, the occasionally-connected application server adapted to obtain application data from an external system to send to the client, wherein the occasionally-connected application server is adapted to translate data from the external system into data nodes.