Web Service Discovery Via Data Abstraction Model

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• an interface to receive a selection of a particular logical field via a database query interface;
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• a computer readable storage medium configured to store:
• a data abstraction model of a database, wherein the data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, wherein each logical field of the plurality of logical fields corresponds to a particular data structure of the database;
• a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model of the database, wherein the discovery registry associates a plurality of web services with a plurality of logical fields of the data abstraction model;
• a resolver executable by the processor to query the discovery registry to discover one or more web services of the plurality of web services that are resolvable based on the particular logical field received via the database query interface, wherein a web service input of a first discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and wherein a web service output of the first discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry;
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• a user interface component executable by the processor to display a modified database query interface that includes a text entry element to receive a text search term and a first selectable input associated with the first discovered web service.

A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive a selection of a particular logical field via a database query interface;
• query a discovery registry associated with a data abstraction model of a database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the particular logical field, wherein the data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, wherein each logical field of the plurality of logical fields corresponds to a particular data structure of the database, wherein a web service input of a first discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, wherein a web service output of the first discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, wherein a web service input of a second discovered web service is associated with a third logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and wherein a web service output of the second discovered web service is associated with the second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry;
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• display a modified database query interface that includes a text entry element to receive a text search term, a first selectable input associated with the first discovered web service, and a second selectable input associated with the second discovered web service.