International Business Machines Corporation

Allen V Chan

Vadim Berestetsky

Suman Kumar Kalia

Stephen Rea

Peter A Lambros

Dorian Birsan

Zhongming Chen

Phil S Coulthard

Robert William Phippen

Kevin Quan

David Adiel Spriet

Richard Myer Goldberg

Gregory D Adams

Christopher F Markes

Chee W Ooi

John Steinbacher

Elaine Yin Ling Lau

Irum I Godil

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for cross-domain mapping between a business process modeler domain and an implementation domain are provided. The method includes accessing a business concept registry on a data storage device including business concepts with mapping for the business process modeler domain and the implementation domain. The method also includes creating a model with one or more of the business concepts interconnected to represent a business process in the business process modeler domain, and exporting the model from the business process modeler domain to the implementation domain according to the business concept mapping of the business concept registry.

Conceptual representation of business processes for cross-domain mapping

An XML schema defining elements representing different point of variability (POV) types for points of variability of a pattern is provided. The elements belong to an XML schema POV data-type substitution group that allows the POV types to be substituted for one another. A pattern author is allowed to add new or custom POV data types to the substitution group, thereby allowing the pattern author to extend the pattern meta model to include new POV data types. Once the desired POV data types are defined, the pattern author is allowed to generate an instance of the pattern that applies programmatic operations of the new or custom POV data types created and substituted by the end user to each respective system object.

Extensible meta model for capturing solution patterns

A method for capturing patterns and associated points of variability includes providing an XML schema defining elements representing different point of variability (POV) types for a pattern. The elements belong to an XML schema 'substitution group' to enable the POV types to be substituted for one another. In selected embodiments, the method enables a pattern author to add new or custom POV types to the 'substitution group,' thereby allowing the pattern author to extend the pattern meta model to include new POV types. Once the desired POV types are defined, the method enables the pattern author to generate an instance of the XML schema, defining the points of variability for a specific pattern, using the elements defined in the XML schema &#x201c;substitution group.&#x201d; A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.

There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow. The base message schema is presented to the user and has at least one variable portion. A user selection of a variable portion of the base schema is received. The user is then provided with possible overlay schema information for the selected variable portion. A user selection of the schema to be overlaid on the selected variable portion is received. The selected overlay schema is associated with the base schema.

Deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to Web services construction and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for message-oriented Web services construction. A method for the message oriented construction of a Web service can include graphically assembling a selection of message flow primitives defining an operation for a Web service, interconnecting selected ones of the message flow primitives to represent a flow of messages from one interconnected message flow primitive to another interconnected message flow primitive, and generating Web service logic from the selection of message flow primitives. The method further can include interpreting or executing the Web service logic in response to receiving a request to invoke the Web service.

Message oriented construction of web services

An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented process for selective delta validation of a shared artifact receives a notification associated with a shared artifact, determines whether a unique key exists for the shared artifact in a symbol data structure, and responsive to a determination that the unique key exists, determines whether an update from an external source occurred. Responsive to a determination that the update occurred from an external source, receives a timestamp associated with the unique key from the symbol data structure to form a received timestamp, determines whether the received timestamp is prior to a last modification time, and responsive to a determination that the received timestamp is prior to the last modification time, performs a delta validation of the shared artifact.

Selective delta validation of a shared artifact

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