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Markus A Peter

Gunther Stuhec

Michael Seubert

Werner Gnan

Thilo Kraehmer

Joachim Kenntner

Rudolf Winkel

Otto Makris

Jochen A Rasch

Axel Kuehl

Corinne Kuster

Frank Thome

Gerd Ritter

Daniel Buchmann

Renzo Colle

Stephan Hetzer

Paola Sala

Dietmar Nowotny

Daniel Bock

Johann Kemmer

Gregor Rieken

Toralf Grossmann

Andreas Bold

Robert Doerner

Tao Yu

Thomas Nitschke

Georg Podhajsky

Andreas Brossler

Wolfgang Nieswand

Antonia Gross

Matthias Schmitt

Andre Wagner

Markus Biehler

Ralf Sievers

Christoph Lehner

Thomas Maag

Andreas F Morsch

Stefan Elfner

Volker Jaeck

Michael Zoeller

Karsten Koetter

Uwe Pyka

Daniela Schapler

Andreas Schneider

Adam Kiwon

Ruediger Radcke

Dagmar Schultze

Bernhard Kelnberger

Dominic Poetschke

Jens Zachmann

Theo Zimmerman

Gabriel Alvarez

Gerhard Gschwender

Joerg Hendricks

Wolf Hengevoss

Christine Hofmann

Siar Sarferaz

Volker Wiechers

Bernd Schmitt

Arnulf Schueler

Stefan Adelmann

Stefan Franke

Volker Ripp

Renato Zadro

Werner Liebold

Reiner Seyler

Patrick Gross

Peter Eberlein

Jens Freund

Peter Latocha

Markus Schmidt-Karaca

Stefan Kaetker

Gerd Moosmann

Daniel Goldmann

Karsten Soegaard Egetoft

Giovanni Deledda

Dirk Becker

Burkhard Weiss

Philippe Drouin

Michael Redmann

Frank Reinemuth

Arndt Koester

Shabana Ansari

Armulf Schueler

Ralf Dielschneider

Andreas Krompholz

Ramesh Nn

Jan Stephan

Sergej Stotz

Various embodiments of systems, methods, and software provide attachment-based mass data input and output for a distributed application system. Software for interactive, attachment-based data management may comprise computer readable instructions operable when executed to receive a request from a logically remote client via a network interface, where the request indicates a data file and a business object associated with a business application. The business object is then updated with a message in a format associated with the business application based on the data file. The data file is then stored in a repository and a dependent object (included in, or referenced by, or otherwise associated with the business object) is then updated with a logical location of the data file in the repository.

Providing attachment-based data input and output

A computer-implemented method for process integration may comprise providing a business logic layer that hosts business object(s), providing process broker(s), providing adapter(s) and providing a process broker handler. Each process broker may perform process integration tasks by dynamically determining whether, when and/or how routines of the business logic layer need to be integrated with routines of a second application. Each adapter may be part of a first application and implement methods to perform communication protocol specific logic. Each adapter may also be interoperable with at least one of the process brokers and one of the business objects to transform a message exchanged between the process broker and the second application from an internal format to an external format or vice versa. The process broker handler may be operable to instantiate the process broker and to instantiate an adapter stored in association with the instantiated process broker.

System and method for a process broker and backend adapter based process integration

Embodiments of the present invention may provide a local process integration component to facilitate process integration. The local process integration component may include an adapter, a process broker and a process broker handler. The process broker may collaborate with the business logic and adapter to perform business-centric integration logic. The architecture is based on is a toolkit and generator approach. For inbound communication, the adapter is responsible for control flow while the process broker handler provides generic services. For outbound communication, the process broker is responsible for control flow while the process broker handler provides generic services. The control flow orchestration is uniformed by code generation.

A business object model, which reflects data that used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.

Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model

Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having product catalog functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Providing product catalog software application as enterprise services

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing catalog management useful to create or update published catalogs based on product master data changes or external supplier catalogs. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Purchasing Contract Processing process component that handles agreements between a purchaser and a supplier; a Product Catalogue Authoring process component that creates and edits product catalogs by collecting product information from relevant sources, controls the quality of the product catalogs' contents, and controls when and to what extent Product Catalogues can be published; and a Product Catalogue Publishing process component that makes published product catalogs available to a large number of users electronically for use in other business processes.

Architectural design for product catalog management application software

Among other disclosure, a computer-implemented method for creating an electronic communication includes identifying, for an electronic communication regarding multiple items that is to be sent, a default value that applies to at least one of the items. The method includes including the default value in a default component configured for holding multiple default values. The method includes identifying a data structure that is common to more than one of the multiple items. The method includes defining the data structure in a list component configured for holding multiple data structures. The method includes forwarding the electronic communication, including the default component and the list component.

Creating or interpreting an electronic communication

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