Method Of Processing A Source Set Of Raw Events To A Target Set Of Typed Events

A method of processing a source set of raw events of unknown event types to a target set of typed events, each raw event being a package of data items containing data values of detectable data types, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a library of event type objects each of which relates to a given event type and contains a structured set of attributes of given data types;
• (b) for each raw event, searching for at least one event type object in the library which meets the following criteria:
• the data items of the raw event can each be mapped to one of the attributes of said event type object, and
• the detected data types of the raw event each match the given data type of the respective attribute mapped;
• and
• (c) if at least one such event type object has been found, generating a typed event from said raw event by structuring the data values of the raw event in the form of the event type object found,
• or, if no such event type object could be found, generating a new event type object the attributes and data types of which correspond to the data items and data types of the raw event.