Database integration management method and apparatus and processing program, medium therefor

A database integration management system for managing integrated material-object information into which material-object information about a material object distributed through a plurality of business categories is integrated, comprising:

• a material-object information storing module for associating a material-object identification code identifying each individual material object with material-object information representing information about material object identified by the material-object identification code and storing the material-object identification code and the material-object information in a material-object information database in each of the business categories;
• a material-object information sending module for sending the material-object identification code and the material-object information stored in the material-object information database in each business category to a database integration management apparatus;
• an integrated material-object information storing module for integrating items of material-object information having the same material-object identification code with each other among the material-object identification codes and items of material-object information received from the material-object information database in each business category to generate integrated material-object information, associating the material-object identification code with the integrated material-object information identified by the material-object identification code and storing the material-object identification code and the integrated material-object information in an integrated database of the database integration management apparatus;
• an integrated material-object information requesting module for requesting the database integration management apparatus to send integrated material-object information associated with a given material-object identification code;
• an integrated material-object information sending module for reading said requested integrated material-object information from the integration database and sending it to the requester;
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• an integrated material-object information output module for receiving and outputting said sent integrated material-object information.

A computer-readable program code to be sent to a storage of a database integration management apparatus for execution thereon to manage integrated material-object information into which material-object information about a material object distributed through a plurality of business categories is integrated, comprising:

• a code section associating a material-object identification code identifying each individual material object with material-object information representing information about material object identified by the material-object identification code and storing the material-object identification code and the material-object information in a material-object information database in each of the business categories;
• a code section sending the material-object identification code and the material-object information stored in the material-object information database in each business category to a database integration management apparatus;
• a code section integrating items of material-object information having the same material-object identification code with each other among the material-object identification codes and items of material-object information received from the material-object information database in each business category to generate integrated material-object information, associating the material-object identification code with the integrated material-object information identified by the material-object identification code and storing the material-object identification code and the integrated material-object information in an integrated database of the database integration management apparatus;
• a code section requesting the database integration management apparatus to send integrated material-object information associated with a given material-object identification code;
• a code section reading the requested integrated material-object information from the integrated database and sending the integrated material-object information to the requester of the integrated material-object information;
• and,
• a code section receiving and outputting said sent integrated material-object information.