Service oriented architecture for a message broker in a data integration platform

1 . A method, comprising:

providing a module for a data integration platform, the module including a message broker module for relaying messages among components of the data integration platform;

providing a registry of services;

providing an interface for accessing the module; and

identifying the module in the registry;

wherein the module can be accessed as a service in a services oriented architecture.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide an extraction function.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data transformation function.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a loading function.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a metadata management function.

6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data profiling function.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a mapping function.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data quality function.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data cleansing function.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide an atomic data repository function.

11 . A system, comprising:

a module for a data integration platform, the module including a message broker module for relaying messages among components of the data integration platform;

a registry of services; and

an interface for accessing the message broker module;

wherein the message broker module is identified in the registry; and

wherein the message broker module can be accessed as a service in a services oriented architecture.

12 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide an extraction function.

13 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data transformation.

14 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a loading function.

15 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a metadata management function.

16 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data profiling function.

17 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a mapping function.

18 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data quality function.

19 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide a data cleansing function.

20 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data integration platform is adapted to provide an atomic data repository function.

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