Edward L Soong

US Patent:

20040111698, Jun 10, 2004

Filed:

Dec 6, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/065988

Inventors:

Edward Soong - Andover MA, US
Dawei Zhang - Highlands NJ, US
Shijia Zhu - Westford MA, US

Assignee:

Anew Technology Corporation - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G06F009/44

US Classification:

717/102000, 717/104000, 717/114000

Abstract:

This invention is related to a method for design and implementation of wide-area data sharing applications in the Internet and World Wide Web environment. The kernel of the invention is a middle tier that facilitates data integration over the Web. For each specific data sharing application, the middle tier is composed of an XML-based standard and an in-memory data structure. While the XML-based standard defines the syntax and semantics for the data to be shared and integrated, the in-memory data structure accommodates the data elements in a source-independent, relational format for manipulation in disconnected mode. The equivalency between the XML-based standard and the in-memory lays a solid basis for data integration over the Web. Data exchange in this distributed environment is realized by using Web services. Furthermore, the XML-based standard and in-memory data structure may also be extended to support distributed query processing and distributed transaction management in this environment.