Enterprise information unification

A method, implemented in a data processing system, for enterprise information unification, the method comprising:

• a plurality of software instructions stored in a memory, the plurality of software instructions adapted to cause a processor of a computer to perform the steps of:
• modeling business entities and their properties as an information model comprising business constructs, wherein the business constructs include business rules identifying relationships among class properties, wherein the information model is generated using a plurality of physical data assets as inputs, further comprising:
• simulating the information model;
• populating data that simulates actual enterprise data;
• and
• validating a simulation of the information model;
• generating mappings from the plurality of physical data assets to the information model, the plurality of physical data assets comprising data asset constructs, further comprising:
• describing to which business constructs the data asset constructs relate;
• and
• synchronizing updates to at least one physical data asset of the plurality of physical data assets with the information model;
• and
• automating tasks of data management based on the mappings, further comprising:
• translating business instructions for the information model into corresponding data processing instructions for the plurality of physical data assets, based on the mappings.

A computer program product, in a computer readable storage medium, for enterprise information unification, the computer program product comprising:

• a plurality of instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium, wherein the plurality of instructions are adapted to cause a processor of a computer to perform the steps of;
• modeling business entities and their properties as an information model comprising business constructs, wherein the business constructs include business rules identifying relationships among class properties, wherein the information model is generated using a plurality of physical data assets as inputs, further comprising:
• simulating the information model;
• populating data that simulates actual enterprise data;
• and
• validating a simulation of the information model;
• generating mappings from the plurality of physical data assets to the information model, the plurality of physical data assets comprising data asset constructs, further comprising:
• describing to which business constructs the data asset constructs relate;
• and
• synchronizing updates to at least one physical data asset of the plurality of physical data assets with the information model;
• and
• automating tasks of data management based on the mappings, further comprising:
• translating business instructions for the information model into corresponding data processing instructions for the plurality of physical data assets, based on the mappings.