Patent ID: 8364683
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for importing and reconciling resources from disjoint name spaces comprising: applying, via a computer system, a default-naming rule on a plurality of resource instances; categorizing, via the computer system, the plurality of resource instances according to a consistent type model, the plurality of resource instances comprising schema compatible resource instances and non-schema compatible resource instances, the schema compatible resource instances sharing a naming schema with a configuration management database (CMDB) system and the non-schema compatible resource instances not sharing a naming schema with the CMDB system, the categorizing the plurality of resource instances further comprising exploiting individual resource identity attributes from applications within a specific knowledge domain to provide integration of resource instances across knowledge domains into the CMDB system having aligned namespaces or naming schemas and determining whether the plurality of resource instances have unique identity attributes within the specific knowledge domain, the unique identity attributes being consistent across time; and, reconciling, via the computer system, a resource instance of the plurality of resource instances as additional information about the resource instance becomes available, the additional information being stored by the application from new knowledge domains or from previously loaded knowledge domains into the CMDB system, the reconciling the resource instance further comprising