Patent ID: 8838556
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processing device comprising a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processing device implementing a data set manager configured to interact with data processing elements of an information processing system; the data set manager comprising: a metadata capture module configured to obtain metadata characterizing data sets associated with said data processing elements; a reasoning module configured to perform one or more reasoning operations on the metadata; and an action recommendation module configured to identify one or more recommended actions for the data processing elements based at least in part on results of the one or more reasoning operations; wherein the metadata characterizes properties of a given data set and relationships among the given data set and at least one other data set, the properties of the given data set comprising at least one property relating to a history of the data set and at least one property relating to a classification of the data set with respect to a given scheme; wherein the metadata capture module comprises: wherein the model manager is part of a set of common services of the data set manager and is operative: wherein the knowledge query and assertion processor is operative to process a query or modify knowledge request directed to at least a portion of the metadata; and wherein the action recommendation module comprises a policy engine configured to generate a processing directive to initiate the one or more recommended actions for one or more of the data processing elements based on results of the one or more reasoning operations and at least one policy selected from a policy repository.