Method and system for adapting programs for interoperability and adapters therefor
A method and system according to embodiments enable generalized program to program interoperability. The method and system employ an automatic or substantially automatic transform adapter for using a given exchange standard for two-way communication with a program. In order for the adapter to employ the exchange standard, a discovery manager may learn the program's data communications structure and/or format, and may learn data meaning information from the program. An adapter creator may derive a transform which converts the program's data communications structure and data meaning into the exchange standard. The transform may be used by the adapter to enable two-way communication with any adapter and/or program similarly employing the given exchange standard to achieve interoperability.
1. A method for enabling different programs to interoperate in an automatic or substantially automatic manner, comprising:
providing a discovery manager;
receiving, by the discovery manager, first program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program;
searching, by the discovery manager, for the first program data meanings for data stored in the first program to determine if the first program data meanings are substantially equivalent to predetermined data meanings of an exchange standard;
determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are substantially consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard;
creating a two-way functional data transform if substantial equivalency or substantial consistency is determined; and
providing the two-way functional data transform for a first bidirectional exchange standard adapter to enable interoperability between the first program and a second program having a second bidirectional exchange standard adapter.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving, by the discovery manager, first program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program includes receiving an application programming interface.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving, by the discovery manager, first program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program includes receiving metadata from the first program.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of searching, by the discovery manager, for the first program data meanings for data stored in the first program to determine if the first program data meanings are substantially equivalent to predetermined data meanings of an exchange standard includes comparing the predetermined data meanings of the exchange standard with the received first program data meanings to determine whether or not the predetermined data meanings of the exchange standard are substantially equivalent with corresponding first program data meanings.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard is performed by determining if a program data profile exists and an exchange standard data profile exists via the discovery manager.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the discovery manager including a convolutional neural network.
7. The method of claim 1 , further including creating a communication transfer transform including rules for data reading and/or data writing.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data transform and the communication transfer transform are assembled by an adapter creator for the exchange standard adapter.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are substantially consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard includes a first program data meaning which equates to an exchange standard data meaning.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard includes determining if a first program data is out of a data range described in the exchange standard.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first program data includes one or more of intrinsic characteristics: a data value range, a data hierarchical structure, and a data statistical distribution.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of creating a two-way functional data transform if substantial equivalency or substantial consistency is determined includes developing a functional data transform which is a function of both exchange standard data structure/format and program data structure/format.
13. A method for enabling different programs to interoperate in an automatic or substantially automatic manner, comprising:
providing a discovery manager;
receiving program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program;
determining if the program data meanings are substantially equivalent to predetermined data meanings of an exchange standard;
determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are substantially consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard by determining if a program data meaning equates to an exchange standard data meaning;
creating a two-way functional data transform if substantial equivalency or substantial consistency is determined; and
providing the two-way functional data transform for a first bidirectional exchange standard adapter to enable interoperability between the first program and a second program having a second bidirectional exchange standard adapter.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of receiving, by the discovery manager, first program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program includes receiving an application programming interface.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of receiving, by the discovery manager, first program data meanings and corresponding data locations for a first program includes receiving metadata from the first program.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of searching, by the discovery manager, for the first program data meanings for data stored in the first program to determine if the first program data meanings are substantially equivalent to predetermined data meanings of an exchange standard includes comparing the predetermined data meanings of the exchange standard with the received first program data meanings to determine whether or not the predetermined data meanings of the exchange standard are substantially equivalent with corresponding first program data meanings.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard is performed by determining if a program data profile exists and an exchange standard data profile exists via the discovery manager.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the discovery manager including a convolutional neural network.
19. The method of claim 13 , further including creating a communication transfer transform including rules for data reading and/or data writing.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the data transform and the communication transfer transform are assembled by an adapter creator for the exchange standard adapter.
21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of determining if data from the received data locations of the first program are consistent with corresponding data of the exchange standard includes determining if a first program data is out of a data range described in the exchange standard.
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the first program data includes one or more of intrinsic characteristics: a data value range, a data hierarchical structure, and a data statistical distribution.
23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of creating a two-way functional data transform if substantial equivalency or substantial consistency is determined includes developing a functional data transform which is a function of both exchange standard data structure/format and program data structure/format.
24. A system for facilitating interoperability between first and second different programs in an automatic or substantially automatic manner, comprising:
a first bidirectional exchange standard adapter including one or more first hyper objects each having first rules, the first rules defining a first data functional transform and a first communication transfer transform, the first data functional transform being a first conversion function of data structures and data formats between a first program and an exchange standard, the first bidirectional exchange standard adapter further including a first communication transfer transform standard for data reading and data writing for the first program;
a second bidirectional exchange standard adapter including one or more second hyper objects each having second rules, the second rules defining a second data functional transform and a second communication transfer transform, the second data functional transform being a conversion function of data structures in data formats between a second program and the exchange standard, the second bi-directional exchange adapter including a second communication transfer transform standard for data reading and data writing for the second program; and
a common communication link coupled between the first bidirectional exchange standard adapter and the second bidirectional exchange standard adapter and conveying exchange standard information bi-directionally therebetween.
25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the first program contains information in a first language, and wherein the second program contains information in a second language that is different from the first language.
26. The system of claim 25 , wherein the second program responds in the second language to the first adapter.
27. The system of claim 25 , wherein the exchange standard information conveyed through the common communication link contains information in a third language that is different from the first language and the second language.
28. A bidirectional exchange standard adapter for enabling a given program to interoperate with a different program having another bidirectional exchange standard adapter, comprising:
one or more hyper objects including one or more rules defining a two-way functional transform;
the functional transform being a data conversion function of data structures and data formats for the given program and for an exchange standard;
the one or more hyper objects defining rules for data reading and data writing for the given program; and
whereby intercommunication with the another bidirectional exchange standard adapter is facilitated to provide interoperability between the given program and the different program.
29. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 28 , wherein the rules include the functional transform, the data reading and the data writing.
30. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 28 , further including a communication link for communication between the adapter and another bidirectional exchange standard adapter for conveying two-way exchange standard information.
31. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 28 , wherein the bidirectional exchange standard adapter includes a read group of hyper objects configured to receive information from a first bidirectional link which is coupled to the given program.
32. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 31 , wherein the read group of hyper objects conveys information to a first program data group of hyper objects.
33. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 32 , wherein the program data group forms a part of an ES data transform and conveys the transformed data to the bidirectional link and to the another bidirectional exchange standard adapter.
34. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 33 , wherein a second program data group of hyper objects forms a part of the ES data transform and conveys information from the bidirectional link from the another bidirectional exchange standard adapter.
35. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 34 , wherein information from the second program data group of hyper objects is conveyed to a write group of hyper objects.
36. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 35 , wherein the write group of hyper objects and the read group of hyper objects form read/write data configured to convey the information to the first bidirectional link.
37. The bidirectional exchange standard adapter of claim 36 , wherein the groups of hyper objects are executed under the control of a server.