Method and apparatus for the conversion and display of data

A system for enabling access to data from a plurality of different data sources, the system comprising:

• a plurality of staging databases configured to extract desired data from a plurality of standalone data sources;
• a configuration workstation configured to provide a user interface to an administrative user to enable the administrative user to configure the plurality of staging databases to extract the desired data from the standalone data sources;
• a semantic database configured as a repository to combine the desired data extracted by the plurality of staging databases from the plurality of standalone data sources;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• (i) obtain the desired data from the plurality of staging databases after extraction from the plurality of standalone data sources;
• (ii) translate the desired data into a semantic data format;
• and (iii) transfer the translated data in the semantic data format to the semantic database to enable the translated data to be displayed on a plurality of user devices.

A system for enabling access to data from a plurality of different data sources, the system comprising:

• a plurality of staging databases configured to extract desired data from a plurality of standalone data sources;
• a semantic importer configured to translate the desired data from the plurality of staging databases into a semantic data format;
• a semantic database configured as a repository to combine the translated data in the semantic data format from the semantic importer;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• (i) cause the desired data to be transferred from the plurality of staging databases to the semantic importer;
• (ii) cause the semantic importer to translate the desired data into the semantic data format;
• and (iii) cause the data in the semantic data format to be transferred to the semantic database to enable the translated data to be displayed on a plurality of user devices.