Obtaining information from an object

US8176098B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Aharon Avitzur · Munich, DE
• Eran Simha · Kiryat Yam, IL
• Elad Heart · Omer, IL
• Robert Krien · Migdal HaEmek, IL
• David Rachamim · Kfar HaNagid, IL
• Eliezer Levy · Haifa, IL
• Alla Volkov · Netanya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2007
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/258
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Among other disclosure, a computer-implemented method for obtaining information from an object includes receiving a query configured to extract information from a non-XML object. The non-XML object is created using an object model that provides for: (1) organizing attributes under nodes in a hierarchy; and (2) creating, within the non-XML object, associations between the nodes, also to nodes in another non-XML object. The method includes identifying in the received query any portion thereof that is non-standard with regard to XQuery language. The method includes creating an XML document from the non-XML object using at least the non-standard portion identified in the query. The method includes performing a revised query on the created XML document, the revised query corresponding to the query and being formulated using the XQuery language. The method includes recording, as a response to the query, a result of the revised query.