Open resource discovery of entity types

A computer-implemented system comprising:

• a memory storing application programming interface (API) information;
• and
• a server performing operations comprising:
• receiving an identifier of a first entity type, the first entity type defining a relation between an application programming interface (API) and event information;
• providing a description of the first entity type for storage, the description comprising a structure of an underlying data model;
• receiving a request to provide the first entity type based on the description of the first entity type;
• in response to the received request, providing the first entity type using an exposed API and the reference for the first entity type, wherein the exposed API comprises an adapted version of the API extended to provide a communication protocol comprising navigation to the first entity type;
• and
• generating a mapping of the first entity type to a second entity type.

A non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an identifier of a first entity type, the first entity type defining a relation between an application programming interface (API) and event information;
• providing a description of the first entity type for storage, the description comprising a structure of an underlying data model;
• receiving a request to provide the first entity type based on the description of the first entity type;
• in response to the received request, providing the first entity type using an exposed API and the reference for the first entity type, wherein the exposed API comprises an adapted version of the API extended to provide a communication protocol comprising navigation to the first entity type;
• and
• generating a mapping of the first entity type to a second entity type.