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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

May. 20, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Brian K. Caufield, Livermore, CA (US);

Ron E. Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Sriram K. Padmanabhan, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoyan Pu, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/544 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for sharing a partitioned data set across parallel applications. Under control of a producing application, a partitioned data set is generated; a descriptor that describes the partitioned data set is generated; and the descriptor is registered in a registry. Under control of a consuming application, the registry is accessed to obtain the descriptor of the partitioned data set; and the descriptor is uses to determine how to process the partitioned data set.


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