Associative object model for composite entity information
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorVenkatesh Laxminarayanan
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Abstract
An associative object model for presenting composite entity information is provided. More particularly, a system and method of linking various data related to an entity from isolated databases in a distributed enterprise is provided. The system and method presents composite information on the entity to different systems within the distributed enterprise. The method includes propagating a change of data of a first entity type to one or more related or associated entity types in an active associative object model (AOM) accessible by a subscribing system and a publishing system in an enterprise.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- providing a first entity type by associating data relating to an entity from a plurality of databases to represent a comprehensive state of the entity;
- providing at least one link between the first entity type and one or more related or associated entity types;
- associating at least one enterprise system subscriber to at least one of:
- the first entity type and the one or more related or associated entity types;
- and
- propagating a change to data relating to the entity between linked entity types in an active associative object model (AOM) accessible by a subscribing system and a publishing system in an enterprise,
- wherein the change propagates through the AOM by virtue of reference to a point of change such that the at least one enterprise system subscriber associated with the at least one of:
- the first entity type and the one or more related or associated entity types can observe the change in a master view.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable readable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to:
- provide a first entity type by associating data relating to an entity from a plurality of databases to represent a comprehensive state of the entity;
- provide at least one link between the first entity type and one or more related or associated entity types;
- associate at least one enterprise system subscriber to at least one of:
- the first entity type and the one or more related or associated entity types;
- and
- propagate a change to data relating to the entity between linked entity types in an active associative object model (AOM) accessible by a subscribing system and a publishing system in an enterprise,
- wherein the change propagates through the AOM by virtue of reference to a point of change such that the at least one enterprise system subscriber associated with the at least one of:
- the first entity type and the one or more related or associated entity types can observe the change in a master view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.