Oracle International Corporation

Silver Creek Systems, Inc.

Oralce International Corporation

Alec Sharp

Luis E Rivas

Mark L Kreider

Edward A Green

Kevin L Markey

A utility is provided for generating applications for a variety of data conversion or handling application environments. A user can use a graphical user interface to purpose application adaptable modules to define a desired application. In one implementation, the user interface includes a node tree panel and a process assembly panel. The node tree panel lists tool sets including transformations, maps and input-output tools. These tools can then be assembled together with identified data sources and then elements using the assembly panel to define an application. In this manner, an application is generated from a number of generic modules simply by linking the modules to perform a purpose of the desired application. In this manner, an application is generated from a number of generic modules simply by linking the modules to perform a purpose of the desired application.

Application generator for data transformation applications

A machine based tool and associated logic and methodology used in converting data from an input form to a target form using context dependent conversion rules. A frame-slot architecture is utilized where a frame represents an intersection between a contextual cue recognized by the machine tool, associated content and related constraint information to specific to that conversion environment. A slot represents an included chunk of information. An exemplary conversion system () includes a parser () for use in parsing and converting an input stream () to provide an output stream () in a form for use by a target system (). The parser () uses information from a public schema (), a private schema () and a grammar (). The public schema (), private schema () and grammar () may include conversion rules applicable to less than the whole of a subject matter area including the input stream ().

Frame-slot architecture for data conversion

A utility is provided for generating applications for a variety of data conversion or handling application environments. A user can use a graphical user interface to purpose application adaptable modules to define a desired application. In one implementation, the user interface () includes a node tree panel () and a process assembly panel (). The node tree panel () lists tool sets () including transformations, maps and input-output tools. These tools can then be assembled together with identified data sources and then elements using the assembly panel () to define an application. In this manner, an application is generated from a number of generic modules simply by linking the modules to perform a purpose of the desired application. In this manner, an application is generated from a number of generic modules simply by linking the modules to perform a purpose of the desired application.

A machine based tool and associated logic and methodology are used in converting data from an input form to a target form using context dependent conversion rules. In particular, a frame-slot architecture is utilized where a frame represents an intersection between a contextual cue recognized by the machine tool, associated content and related constraint information to specific to that conversion environment, whereas a slot represents an included chunk of information. An exemplary conversion system () includes a parser () for use in parsing and converting an input stream () from a source () to provide an output stream () in a form for use by a target system (). To accomplish the desired conversion, the parser () uses information from a public schema (), a private schema () and a grammar (). The public schema (), private schema () and grammar () may include conversion rules applicable to less than the whole of a subject matter area including the input stream ().

A method and apparatus are disclosed for transforming information from one semantic environment to another, for example, to facilitate electronic information searches. In one implementation, a SOLx systemincludes a Normalization/Translation NorTran Workbenchand a SOLx server. The NorTran Workbenchis used to develop a knowledge base based on information from a source system, to normalize legacy contentaccording to various rules, and to develop a databaseof translated content. During run time, the SOLx serverreceives transmissions from the source system, normalizes the transmitted content, accesses the databaseof translated content and otherwise translates the normalized content, and reconstructs the transmission to provide substantially real-time transformation of electronic messages. Additionally, content can be classified relative to a taxonomy defining relationships between terms or items so as to facilitate electronic searching or other processing.

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