Mechanism for achieving transparent network computing

A method of generating a program for operation in a program framework comprising the steps of:

• identifying a data source to be accessed by the program, the data source conceptually represented by a model;
• generating at least one view of the model, wherein the view provides a logical interface for referencing the model, is mapped to a handler for implementing a retrieval of the data source represented by the model and provides an interface for viewing the data source;
• and
• mapping the view to the model, wherein the view and the model are combined to generate the program.

A program framework comprising:

• a data storage system;
• a logical interface to the data storage system;
• a physical interface to the data storage system, wherein the logical interface is mapped to the physical interface;
• and
• a graphical user interface for providing access to the data storage system using only the logical interface, wherein the physical interface is transparent to a user and a common and consistent interface to the data storage system is provided to a user.

A program framework comprising:

• at least one data storage system;
• for each of the at least one data storage systems, an implementation of at least one of an access protocol and a task for the data storage system;
• for each of the at least one data storage systems, a logical interface to the data storage system, wherein the logical interface is mapped to the implementation but is otherwise separated from the data storage system;
• and
• a graphical user interface associated with the logical interface for each data storage systems and otherwise separated from the implementation for each of the at least one data storage systems, wherein the graphical user interface provides the user with common and consistent access to each of the at least one data storage systems.