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Method for mapping a data source to a data target

US8122045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Christoph Lingenfelder · Herrenberg, DE
Stefan Raspl · Nagold, DE
Yannick Saillet · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2008
Grant date	Feb 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/258
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for mapping at least one data column from a database source to at least one data column of a data target, the method comprising: defining at least one reference column of the data target and at least one database source column; performing a comparison of data contained in the data column(s) with the reference column(s); and determining mapping candidates between the data column(s) and the reference column(s).

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