Data-type definition driven dynamic business component instantiation and execution framework and system and method for managing knowledge information

A system for converting an extensible markup language (XML) file to data elements accessible by a server, the system comprising:

• means for receiving an XML file;
• means for determining a type of data provided in the XML file;
• means for identifying at least one metafile associated with the type of data determined by the means for determining, wherein the metafile specified one or more parameters present in the type of data determined by the means of determining;
• means for identifying one or more data elements in the XML file corresponding to the one or more parameters;
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• means for generating an output file that includes the one or more data elements.

A system for converting source data into a data format suitable for processing by a web application server, comprising:

• a server which receives the source data after it has been converted into an extensible markup language (XML) format and converts the received data into one or more data elements;
• a data server in which the data elements are saved in one or more files;
• and
• a web application server which accesses the at least one ore more files from the data server and manipulates the data elements thereof to provide and output to a client system connected to the web application server.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium and computer readable code embodied on said computer usable medium for converting an extensible markup language (XML) file to data elements accessible by a server, the computer readable code comprising:
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer to effect a receiving of an XML file;
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer to effect a determining of a type of data provided in the XML file;
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer to effect an identifying of at least one metafile associated with the type of data determined by the determining operation, wherein the metafile specified one or more parameters present in the type of data determined by the determining operation;
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer to effect a identifying of one or more data elements in the XML file corresponding to the one or more parameters;
• and
• computer readable program code devices configured to cause the computer to effect a generating of an output file which includes the one or more data elements.