Exchange infrastructure system and method

Abstract

An exchange infrastructure for message-based exchange and integration of a collection of heterogeneous software components is disclosed. The exchange infrastructure includes a repository for storing design-time collaboration descriptions of a plurality of software components, and a directory for storing configuration-specific collaboration descriptions of a runtime system landscape. The exchange infrastructure further includes a runtime engine configured for message-based exchange of information based on the configuration-specific collaboration descriptions. At runtime, the runtime engine receives messages, and resolves intended or required receivers based on message content and parameters provided by the configuration-specific collaboration descriptions from the directory.

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technical field [0001] The following description of the invention relates to enterprise systems and related architectures, and techniques for collaborative business processes. Background technique [0002] Companies face increasing demands for integration and collaboration across their information and enterprise software systems. In most current system landscape representations, many components are directly connected to other components in a one-to-one relationship, where various integration capabilities are hardware linked to individual application components and individual mappers. Under these conditions, collaborative sharing of information or process control becomes difficult or even impossible. Upgrading, changing or expanding infrastructure to directly connect components is challenging and resource intensive. [0003] However, new electronic business collaboration generally requires connectivity of all applications inside and outside the company. Networks such as th...

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Problems solved by technology

These collaborative processes have significantly more complex integration requirements than traditional processes

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