Patent Application

App. No. 15/459,843

Abstract

Claims (71)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a read command requesting to view a first data object stored in a local database maintained by an ontology curation system, the first data object being associated with a set of data objects that are stored in a remote database maintained by a federated data source that is external to the ontology curation system, the federated data source exposing read functionality for data maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the read command requesting to view the first data object, executing a search on the federated data source for the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source, causing the first data object to be presented on the client device along with the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, wherein the set of data objects are not stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system;

receiving, from the client device, an instruction to perform a write function to perform a modification on a subset of the set of the data objects maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the instruction to perform the write function, promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source to the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, wherein promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

creating a copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source;

saving the copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, yielding a promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system; and

associating the promoted set of data objects to the first data object stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system; and

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects, performing the modification to the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining, based on monitoring the federated data source, that a change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source has occurred; and

in response to determining that the change to the subset of the set of data maintained by the federated data source has occurred, modifying the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system to reflect the change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained b the federated data source.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

periodically querying the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source.

5 . (canceled)

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the search on the federated data source comprises:

identifying a search term associated with the first data object; and

executing the search based on the search term.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the promoted set of data objects to the first data object stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system comprises:

generating a key identifying the location of the promoted set of data objects in the local database; and

updating the first data object to include the key.

8 . An ontology curation system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the ontology curation system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a read command requesting to view a first data object stored in a local database maintained by the ontology curation system, the first data object being associated with a set of data objects that are stored in a remote database maintained b a federated data source that is external to the ontology curation system, the federated data source exposing read functionality for data maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the read command requesting to view the first data object, executing a search on the federated data source for the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source, causing the first data object to be presented on the client device along with the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, wherein the set of data objects are not stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system;

receiving, from the client device, an instruction to perform a write function to perform a modification on a subset of the set of the data objects maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the instruction to perform the write function, promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source to the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, wherein promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

creating a copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source;

saving the copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, yielding a promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system; and

associating the promoted set of data objects to the first data object stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system; and

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects, performing the modification to the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system.

9 . The ontology curation system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects.

10 . The ontology curation system of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

determining, based on monitoring the federated data source, that a change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source has occurred; and

in response to determining that the change to the subset of the set of data maintained by the federated data source has occurred, modifying the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system to reflect the change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source.

11 . The ontology curation system of claim 9 , wherein monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

periodically querying the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source.

12 . (canceled)

13 . The ontology curation system of claim 8 , wherein executing the search on the federated data source comprises:

identifying a search term associated with the first data object; and

executing the search based on the search term.

14 . The ontology curation system of claim 8 , wherein associating the promoted set of data objects to the first data object stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system comprises:

generating a key identifying the location of the promoted set of data objects in the local database; and

updating the first data object to include the key.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of an ontology curation system, cause the ontology curation system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a read command requesting to view a first data object stored in a local database maintained by the ontology curation system, the first data object being associated with a set of data objects that are stored in a remote database maintained by a federated data source that is external to the ontology curation system, the federated data source exposing read functionality for data maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the read command requesting to view the first data object, executing a search on the federated data source for the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the set of data objects stored in the remote database maintained by the federated data source, causing the first data object to be presented on the client device along with the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, wherein the set of data objects are not stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system;

receiving, from the client device, an instruction to perform a write function to perform a modification on a subset of the set of the data objects maintained by the federated data source;

in response to receiving the instruction to perform the write function, promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source to the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, wherein promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

creating a copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source;

saving the copy of the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system, yielding a promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system; and

associating the promoted set of data objects to the first data object stored in the local database maintained by the ontology curation system; and

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects, performing the modification to the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:

after promoting the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source, monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the operations further comprising:

determining, based on monitoring the federated data source, that a change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source has occurred; and

in response to determining that the change to the subset of the set of data maintained by the federated data source has occurred, modifying the promoted set of data objects maintained by the ontology curation system to reflect the change to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein monitoring the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source comprises:

periodically querying the federated data source for changes to the subset of the set of data objects maintained by the federated data source.

19 . (canceled)

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein executing the search on the federated data source comprises:

identifying a search term associated with the first data object; and

executing the search based on the search term.

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