Composition of persistent object instances linking resources across multiple, disparate systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11245639-B2
Application number	US-201414475875-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2014
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for composing persistent object instances that link resources across multiple, disparate systems. An example method includes associating resources with namespace-URLs and object instances. One of the namespace-URLs is designated as primary namespace-URL. A web-based object API is provided through which the object instance can be accessed. The web-based object API uses the primary namespace-URL as an identifier of the object instance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for composing persistent object instances that link resources across multiple, disparate systems, the method comprising:
associating each resource from a plurality of network-based resources with a namespace-URL, the namespace-URL including a namespace and a resource uniform resource locator (URL), the namespace identifying a class of the network-based resources the resource belongs to and the resource URL providing a web-based resource application programming interface (API) through which the resource can be accessed;
associating the plurality of network-based resources with an object instance;
designating only one of the namespace-URLs of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance as a primary namespace-URL such that the primary namespace-URL is not designated as the primary namespace-URL for any other object instance;
providing a web-based object API through which the object instance can be accessed, the web-based object API using the primary namespace-URL as an identifier of the object instance; and
executing the web-based object API using a computer processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning a unique hard-link to the object instance; and
associating the hard-link to each resource utilized by the object instance such that each resource utilized by the object instance is associated to the same hard-link.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the hard-link is a universally unique identifier (UUID).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising returning a listing of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance upon a call to the web-based object API, the call including the primary namespace-URL.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising tagging at least one of the plurality of network-based resources with at least one tag such that resources with the same tag value define a set themselves and object instances associated with a resource with a given tag are implicitly linked to other resources with the same tag.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the plurality of network-based resources with the object instance includes automatically associating at least one of the plurality of network-based resources to the object instance based on metadata describing the resource.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the plurality of network-based resources with the object instance includes automatically associating at least one of the plurality of network-based resources to the object instance based on metadata describing the resource and a set of key-word search parameters of the metadata.

8. A system for composing persistent object instances that link resources across multiple, disparate systems, the method comprising:
a database managed by a database management system (DBMS);
a composition server configured to provide a web-based object API through which an object instance can be accessed, the web-based object API using a primary namespace-URL as an identifier of the object instance; and
a computer processor configured to:
associate in the database each resource from a plurality of network-based resources with a namespace-URL, the namespace-URL including a namespace and a resource uniform resource locator (URL), the namespace identifying a class of the network-based resources the resource belongs to and the resource URL providing a web-based resource application programming interface (API) through which the resource can be accessed;
associate in the database the plurality of network-based resources with the object instance; and
designate only one of the namespace-URLs of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance as the primary namespace-URL such that the primary namespace-URL is not designated as the primary namespace-URL for any other object instance.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to:
assign a unique hard-link to the object instance; and
associate the hard-link to each resource utilized by the object instance such that each resource utilized by the object instance is associated to the same hard-link.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the composition server is further configured to create, retrieve, update and delete the hard-link via the web-based object API.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the composition server is further configured to return a listing of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance upon a call to the web-based object API, the call including the primary namespace-URL.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to tag at least one of the plurality of network-based resources with at least one tag such that resources with the same tag value define a set themselves and object instances associated with a resource with a given tag are implicitly linked to other resources with the same tag.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to automatically associate at least one of the plurality of network-based resources to the object instance based on metadata describing the resource.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer processor is further configured to automatically associate at least one of the plurality of network-based resources to the object instance based on metadata describing the resource and a set of key-word search parameters of the metadata.

15. A computer program product for composing persistent object instances that link resources across multiple, disparate systems, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to:
associate each resource from a plurality of network-based resources with a namespace-URL, the namespace-URL including a namespace and a resource uniform resource locator (URL), the namespace identifying a class of the network-based resources the resource belongs to and the resource URL providing a web-based resource application programming interface (API) through which the resource can be accessed;
associate the plurality of network-based resources with an object instance;
designate only one of the namespace-URLs of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance as a primary namespace-URL such that the primary namespace-URL is not designated as the primary namespace-URL for any other object instance;
provide a web-based object API through which the object instance can be accessed, the web-based object API using the primary namespace-URL as an identifier of the object instance.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to:
assign a unique hard-link to the object instance; and
associate the hard-link to each resource utilized by the object instance such that each resource utilized by the object instance is associated to the same hard-link.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to return a listing of the plurality of network-based resources associated with the object instance upon a call to the web-based object API, the call including the primary namespace-URL.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to tag at least one of the plurality of network-based resources with at least one tag such

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Leff Avraham
• Rayfield James T
• Topkara Umut
• Weisz Justin D

Classifications

• G06F9/541 Primary

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• H04L47/78 Primary

  Architectures of resource allocation · CPC title