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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Peter H. Petersen, Trenton, NJ (US);
Peter H. Petersen, Trenton, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, network and methods for software model derivation and normalization are provided. In one embodiment a meta-model is derived from a plurality of software applications. The meta-model is independent of any particular software application. A number of software models are derived each compliant with the meta-model. A customer specific software application may then be derived from the models and an enterprise resource planning software application. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.