Systems and Methods for Meta-Model Based Data Transactions

A method for transacting data, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a computing system, a request for a meta-model expressing a data relationship,
• wherein the request specifies the meta-model from among a plurality of data models, and
• wherein the data relationship relates to a topology of a deployed computing system;
• retrieving the specified meta-model from the plurality of data models;
• providing the specified meta-model to the computing system from which the request was received;
• receiving a data transaction directed to a data record corresponding to the meta-model;
• and
• executing the data transaction.

An apparatus comprising:

• a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program has instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, carry out:
• obtaining a meta-model from another computing system, wherein the meta-model specifies a data relationship relating to a topology of a deployed computing system;
• providing an interface for specifying a portion of the meta-model to provide to an application;
• and
• providing a portion of the meta-model to the application based on the portion being specified via the provided interface.