Patent ID: 7788213
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A data processing system comprising: at least one processor; a bus coupled to the at least one processor; memory elements connected to the bus, wherein the memory elements contain a set of computer executable instructions for mapping data, wherein the at least one processor is adapted to carry out the set of computer executable instructions to: receive a rule set, wherein the rule set defines a semantic conceptual mapping definition between a source attribute of a source datum and a target attribute of a target domain, wherein source specific information is omitted from the semantic conceptual mapping definition and wherein the rule set is implemented using first metadata associated with the source datum; receive reference information from a reference source, wherein the reference source includes data dictionaries, online resources, custom vocabularies, lookup tables, code lists and semantic rules; load a target definition; populate the target definition organized according to the target domain, wherein the target definition is a data structure that defines how data is stored and a format of data in a conformed data target; select the target domain for creation of a metadata based semantic conceptual mapping; select a target domain attribute of the target domain; determine a semantic conceptual mapping type; select a source domain attribute; deduce a data type of the source domain attribute; create a semantic conceptual mapping from the source domain attribute to the target domain attribute using the reference information and the semantic conceptual mapping definition, wherein creating the semantic conceptual mapping further comprises validating the semantic conceptual mapping; store the semantic conceptual mapping as a semantic conceptual construct wherein the semantic conceptual construct uses the semantic conceptual mapping type and the data type of the source domain attribute; map the source domain attribute to the target domain attribute responsive to the semantic conceptual mapping being valid, using the semantic conceptual construct in accordance with the semantic conceptual mapping type and the data type of the source domain attribute, wherein a conformed datum is created and is integrated by capture of semantic equivalence via metadata; and store the conformed datum in a target data repository.