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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHendrik F. Hamann, Jeffrey Owen Kephart, Jonathan Lenchner, Peini Liu, Bo Yang
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Techniques for mapping between data models where objects represented in the data models include common physical objects or assets are provided. In one aspect, a method for mapping between data models, each of which describes a location of objects in a physical area includes the following steps. Common attributes are found in each of the data models. Location attributes are found among the common attributes in each of the data models, i.e., those attributes that describe the location of the objects in the physical area. The location attributes are used to identify a given one of the objects common to each of the data models, based on a placement of the given object by the data models at a same location (at a same time) in the physical area to establish a common identity of the object within the models. Attributes other than location attributes may then be mapped.
A method for mapping between data models, each of which describes a location of objects in a physical area, the method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for mapping between data models, each of which describes a location of objects in a physical area, the apparatus comprising:
An article of manufacture for mapping between data models, each of which describes a location of objects in a physical area, comprising a machine-readable recordable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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