Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Aditya Unnithan

Jeffrey Alan Davis

David Paul Hill

Fabian Omar Winternitz

Philip Alan Bernstein

James Felger Terwilliger

Haroon Ahmed

Craig Allen Lee

Fabian O Winternitz

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for cross-platform data visualizations using common descriptions. Embodiments of the invention provide mechanisms for simplifying software development and enhanced code reliability. A user interface, along with interactive and dynamic characteristics, can be described (programmatically and/or declaratively) independently of any specific device platform. User interface qualities can be described using a generic scene graph structure with attached behaviors. The generic scene graph can then be used to drive the user interface on any number of different computing platforms using platform specific (e.g., rendering, gesture recognition, etc.) sub-systems. Platform specific sub-systems can vary based on technologies that are used by the platform specific sub-systems. For example, rendering sub-systems can vary based on the technology used to render graphical data, such as, for example, Open GL, XAML, Direct X, Quartz, etc.

Cross-platform data visualizations using common descriptions

Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to automating evolution of schemas and mappings. In aspects, mappings between a conceptual model and a store model are updated automatically in response to a change that occurs to the conceptual model. For example, when a change occurs to the conceptual model, a local scope of the change is determined. The local scope indicates mappings that are most similar to the type(s) affected by the change. Based on the local scope, a pattern of mappings between the conceptual model and the store model is determined. Using this pattern and the nature of the change, the mappings are updated according to the pattern. In addition, the store model and data thereon may be updated in a manner to preserve existing data that is not to be deleted in response to the change.

Automating evolution of schemas and mappings

A solution authoring tool that includes an authoring environment that allows for the authoring of multiple projects of a solution including a database project that has a schema and a partner project that has a reference to the schema. When the database project is built and deployed, the database schema is made ready for runtime. When the partner project is built and deployed, the schema reference is provided within the partner software such that the partner software may interface with the database schema at runtime. To reduce or eliminate database schema drift at development time causing runtime errors at runtime, a model bus at least partially synchronizes changes made to the schema in the database project to the schema reference in the partner project, and vice versa.

Synchronizing database projects with partner projects

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