Metadata Linkage System for Hybrid Cloud Context Preservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Coordinating different metadata for the same set of data remains a significant challenge, especially when the data relates to different sets of metadata that are acquired and/or managed independently, necessitating a technology for transferring and synchronizing data and context between systems and accessing processing from different systems.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and metadata linkage system that provides data with related metadata, extracts this metadata independently from a data store, creates a universal unique identifier (UUID) for specific metadata, and integrates it into the metadata to create a modified, independently manageable and linkable representation, allowing for the retention and re-establishment of context across different systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data and metadata are extracted independently from a data store, then metadata can be managed independently and new metadata can be added without altering existing data structures, but the linkage between metadata and data may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by embedding the UUID of the data portion into the metadata before independent extraction occurs. This ensures that the linkage information is already in place before the separation happens, preventing loss of context during independent metadata management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a UUID as an intermediary element that bridges the metadata and data. The UUID is integrated into both the metadata and serves as a reference to the data portion, acting as a mediator that maintains the linkage relationship even when metadata and data are extracted and managed independently
2Reliability
If multiple sets of metadata are coordinated for the same data, then comprehensive data context is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments metadata into different independent sets (first metadata, second metadata, etc.) that can be managed separately. Each metadata set can be extracted and processed independently while maintaining their respective linkages to the data through UUIDs, reducing the complexity of coordinating multiple metadata types
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal UUID structure that can serve multiple metadata sets simultaneously. The same UUID integration mechanism works for first metadata, second metadata, and any additional metadata, providing a universal solution that handles multiple metadata types without requiring separate coordination mechanisms for each
Data Source
AI summary
A technique for retaining a context in which data resides independently of a data store from which the data originates is disclosed. In relation to a method aspect of the technique, a computer-implemented method provides data with related first metadata, both originating from a data store and extracts the data and the related first metadata independently from the data store. A universal unique identifier of a portion of the data to which portion specific first metadata exists is created as part of the related first metadata. The universal unique identifier of the portion of the data is integrated into the related first metadata, thereby creating modified first metadata as an independently manageable and linkable representation of the related first metadata.