Patent ID: 6901403
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: accessing first structural information that describes how database data is organized in a first application-accessible data source; representing said first structural information with a first hierarchical representation comprising a plurality of folders; modifying the first hierarchical representation to create a second hierarchical representation; converting said second hierarchical representation to a first file containing a plurality of human readable data delimiters that correspond to the second hierarchical representations; accessing second structural information that describes how database data is organized in a second application-accessible data source, said second application-accessible data source being separate and distinct from said first application-accessible data source; representing said second structural information with a third hierarchical representation comprising a plurality of folders; modifying the third hierarchical representation to create a fourth hierarchical representation; converting said fourth hierarchical representation to a second file containing a plurality of human readable data delimiters that correspond to the fourth hierarchical representation.