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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
David Fields, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paolo Marcucci, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Brito, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott Hysom, Issaquah, WA (US);
David Fields, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paolo Marcucci, Seattle, WA (US);
Carlos Brito, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott Hysom, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for aggregating schema data from two or more schemas are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include receiving schema definitions for two or more schemas. An aggregated property description for an individual property that is common to the two or more schemas may be created. The aggregated property description includes property attribute values that are the same for the property description in both schemas. Where the attribute values are different, rules may be applied to determine which attribute value to include in the aggregated property description. In one embodiment, the less capable of the two different attribute values is included in the aggregated property description.