Robert Douglas Webber

US Patent:

57271585, Mar 10, 1998

Filed:

Sep 22, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/532462

Inventors:

M'hamed Bouziane - Nashua NH
Robert C. Webber - Nashua NH
Vincent A. Mastro - Needham MA
Charles P. Rehberg - Nashua NH
Barbara A. Nichols - Acton MA
Roxanne N. Myers - Watertown MA

Assignee:

Integra Soft, Inc. - Billerica MA

International Classification:

G06F 1210

US Classification:

39520055

Abstract:

An information processing system includes a plurality of data processing tools, an atomic information repository, and a plurality of generated translation engines. Each data processing tool processes data in accordance with an associated data model, and in the process generates access requests for accessing data in accordance with its associated data model. The atomic information repository stores data items using an organization in an atomic data model which corresponds to the combination of the data models associated with all of the tools. Each translation engine is associated with one of the tools. Each translation engine receives an access request from its associated tool in the associated tool's data model and performs a translation operation to translate the request to the repository's atomic data model, and initiates an access operation with the repository in connection with the translated access request. A system manager is provided which can, when a new tool is added to the system, update the repository's atomic data model to reflect the added tool's associated data model, generate a translation engine for the new tool, and also update the translation engines associated with the existing tools to reflect the update.