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Unified metadata model translation framework

US11138206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Ingo Siebeking · Heidelberg, DE
Andreas Balzar · Bad Schönborn, DE
Gerald Krause · Lorsch, DE
Jan Teichmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2018
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/907
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques and solutions are described for transferring metadata between software applications. A translation framework stores metadata models in a standard format. Source applications can cause metadata models to be stored in the translation framework in the standard format. A target application can receive metadata models, or elements thereof, from the translation framework, which metadata models can be optionally converted from the standard format to a target format used by the target application. The translation framework can store annotations to a metadata model in the form of custom metadata types. The custom metadata types can be used by one or both of the target application and a source application. Source applications can cause values to be stored for annotations they support. Target applications can read values for annotations they support. Source applications and target applications do not write or read, respectively, unsupported annotations.

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