Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090063534 | DATA LINEAGE IN DATA WAREHOUSING ENVIRONMENTS - A system for providing data lineage information for data warehouse objects, the system including a plurality of job descriptions, a log for recording operational information of any of the jobs when any of the jobs are run, a plurality of schemas of databases accessed by the jobs, and a binding service configured to combine information from the job descriptions, the log, and the schemas to provide a data lineage for a data object of a data warehouse. | 03-05-2009 |
20090138436 | Model Augmentation in a Model-Driven Application Development Environment - Augmenting a model in a model-driven application development architecture, including defining a task to be performed on at least one model item of a principal model, where the principal model is configured to facilitate the automatic generation of at least one resource for use by a computer-executable application, identifying at least one model item required for use the task that is absent from the principal model, defining the absent model item in a decoration model, mapping the decoration model to the principal model, and storing both of the models on a computer-readable medium. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138844 | Decorated Model Architecture for Efficient Model-Driven Application Development - A method for implementing a model-driven architecture, including defining a principal model having a plurality of classes, references, attributes, and associations between any of the classes, the model configured to facilitate the automatic generation of at least one resource for use by a computer-executable application, where a change to the principal model subsequent to performing the automatic generation requires the automatic generation be performed again in order to effect the change for use by the application, defining a decoration model having a class, reference, and attribute for any corresponding one of the primary model classes, references, and attributes, where a change to the decoration model subsequent to performing the automatic generation does not require the automatic generation be performed again in order to effect the change for use by the application, mapping the decoration model to the principal model, and storing both of the models on a computer-readable medium. | 05-28-2009 |
20110078660 | Metamodeling Contextual Navigation of Computer Software Applications - Using metamodels during context-sensitive analyses of reusable components of computer software applications, including identifying entry and exit paths into and from a reusable component within a metamodel of a computer application development environment, determining during a static analysis of a computer software application that navigation will proceeds along a path corresponding in the metamodel to such an entry or exit path, retaining, if an entry path, an identifier of an invoking node along the path within the computer software application, and, if an exit path, for each terminal node along each of a plurality of paths from the reusable component within the computer software application, comparing an identifier of an invoking node preceding the terminal node with the retained invoking node identifier, and determining, if the invoking node identifiers match, that the path among the plurality of paths is a correct path for a current context of the static analysis. | 03-31-2011 |
20110320460 | EFFICIENT REPRESENTATION OF DATA LINEAGE INFORMATION - Presenting data lineage information by assigning a score to a data asset along a path between a data source and a data destination, where a predefined scoring function is applied to a characteristic of the data asset, and presenting via a computer-controlled output medium a description of the data source, the data destination, and the path between the data source and the data destination, where the description includes the data asset if the score meets predefined inclusion criteria. | 12-29-2011 |
20120047484 | DECORATED MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR EFFICIENT MODEL-DRIVEN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - A computer-executable application is provided with access to resources generated using a principal model. A decoration model associated with said principal model is instantiated for use by the application. The application is provided with access to an object of the decoration model responsive to a request by the application to access an object of the principal model. The decoration model object corresponds to the principal model object. | 02-23-2012 |
20120179675 | DATA MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL USING DATA IMPORTANCE LEVELS - Data management and control, including obtaining an importance level associated with a data item, identifying a data entry interface as a source of the data item, associating the importance level with the data entry interface, and performing an action corresponding to the association of the importance level with the data entry interface. | 07-12-2012 |
20120215592 | BUSINESS RULES FOR CONFIGURABLE METAMODELS AND ENTERPRISE IMPACT ANALYSIS - A metadata management system for importing, integrating and federating metadata, including a configurable metamodel, a metadata repository for storing metadata whose structure reflects the metamodel, at least one external metadata source, which is able to persist metadata in accordance with the structure of a meta-schema, a mapping module for mapping the meta-schema to the metamodel, and a transformation module, operatively coupled to the metadata mapping module, for translating specific metadata from the at least one external metadata source to the metadata repository, for use in import, export or synchronization of metadata between the external metadata source and the metadata repository. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described. | 08-23-2012 |
20120331012 | DECORATED MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR EFFICIENT MODEL-DRIVEN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - A computer-executable application is provided with access to resources generated using a principal model. A decoration model associated with the principal model is instantiated for use by the application. The application is provided with access to an object of the decoration model responsive to a request by the application to access an object of the principal model. The decoration model object corresponds to the principal model object. | 12-27-2012 |
20130191813 | Metamodeling Contextual Navigation of Computer Software Applications - Using metamodels during context-sensitive analyses of reusable components of computer software applications, including identifying entry and exit paths into and from a reusable component within a metamodel of a computer application development environment, determining during a static analysis of a computer software application that navigation will proceeds along a path corresponding in the metamodel to such an entry or exit path, retaining, if an entry path, an identifier of an invoking node along the path within the computer software application, and, if an exit path, for each terminal node along each of a plurality of paths from the reusable component within the computer software application, comparing an identifier of an invoking node preceding the terminal node with the retained invoking node identifier, and determining, if the invoking node identifiers match, that the path among the plurality of paths is a correct path for a current context of the static analysis. | 07-25-2013 |
20130275125 | AUTOMATED GLOSSARY CREATION - A method for creating a glossary of terms, the method including identifying data labels in a computer-based document set, tracing any of the data labels to a computer-readable data source external to the computer-based document set, identifying as synonyms different data labels that are traceable to the same data source, and storing any of the data labels in a computer-readable data store. | 10-17-2013 |
20140173551 | MODEL AUGMENTATION IN A MODEL-DRIVEN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT - A principal model is configured to facilitate automatic generation of at least one resource for use by a computer-executable application. The principal model includes a group of classes, references, attributes, and associations between any of the classes. At least one model item required for a task that is absent from the principal model is identified. The absent model item is instantiated in a decoration model that operates with the principal model to augment operational functionality of the principal model. The decoration model includes a class, a reference, and an attribute for any corresponding one of the group of classes, references, and attributes of the principal model. | 06-19-2014 |
20150058278 | DETERMINING RELIABILITY OF DATA REPORTS - A computer implemented system for automatically determining a reliability score of a data report. The system includes a data structure indicative of data lineage that includes data assets flowing into a data report. The system further includes a processor configured to calculate trust scores for data assets based on characteristics of the data assets as well as a data report trust density score indicative of the reliability score of the report based on the calculated trust scores. The system further includes an output device configured to output the calculated data report trust density score. | 02-26-2015 |