US Patent:
20080183725, Jul 31, 2008
Inventors:
Jose A. Blakeley - Redmond WA, US
Atul Adya - Redmond WA, US
Subramanian Muralidhar - Bellevue WA, US
Sergey Melnik - Kirkland WA, US
Shyamalan Pather - Seattle WA, US
Xiaosong Yang - Sammamish WA, US
Srikanth Mandadi - Redmond WA, US
Pratik Patel - Redmond WA, US
Brahmnes Tsz Foon Fung - Sammamish WA, US
Kawarjit Bedi - Sammamish WA, US
Daniel G. Dosen - Seattle WA, US
Timothy I. Mallalieu - Sammamish WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A data processing and storage system is provided. The system includes an aggregator component that stores metadata from at least two disparate data domains. A framework component encapsulates the metadata according to an abstraction model that describes the disparate data domains.