Semantic Glossary-Driven Business Conceptual Modeling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional data management practices struggle to keep pace with modern business needs, leading to inefficiencies, data silos, and limited business team involvement in data initiatives.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a hybrid data mesh approach, which empowers business teams to independently manage and govern their data through self-service platforms, business conceptual models, and semantic layers, bridging the gap between business concepts and technical implementations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If centralized IT ownership and complex ETL pipelines are used, then data management control is maintained, but business team involvement is limited and data models fail to reflect business requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebusiness team involvementVSAvoidETL pipeline complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service data modeling where business teams independently create and maintain their own data models using a user-friendly interface. Business users can define data entities, relationships, and attributes without requiring technical expertise or IT intervention, enabling them to directly reflect business requirements in the data model.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer between business teams and technical data infrastructure. This layer provides automated translation services that convert business-friendly data model definitions into technical implementations, eliminating the need for complex manual ETL pipelines while maintaining data management control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If manual mapping of business terminology to underlying data sources is performed, then data accuracy is maintained, but the process is time-consuming and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidmapping time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical mapping processes with automated semantic matching algorithms. The system automatically maps business terminology to underlying data sources by understanding semantic relationships, eliminating time-consuming manual tasks while maintaining high accuracy through intelligent matching.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system automatically validates and refines mappings based on business context and data characteristics. This iterative feedback process ensures accuracy while reducing the time required for initial mapping by leveraging learned patterns and relationships.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Quantity of substance

If data volumes and complexity increase, then more comprehensive data coverage is achieved, but scalability and agility are hindered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata coverageVSAvoidscalability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data modeling process into independent, modular components that can be created and maintained separately. Each business team manages its own data model segment, allowing the system to scale horizontally by adding more segments without increasing overall complexity. This modular approach enables agility in handling increasing data volumes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250078006A1System and method for semantic glossary-driven business conceptual modeling (SGDCM)
Publication Date: 2025.03.06 METAWARE LLC
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AI summary

The embodiments herein are directed to a system and method for business data mapping which are characterized by the use of denormalized metadata. The system and method operate upon heterogeneous data sets in comparison to one or more business-specific glossaries. The returned data sets are characterized by adherence to business goals, and are dynamically available to an end-user with little to no specialized coding infrastructure.