Architecture Overview
An information server application can be considered in three logical tiers: a platform foundation, a layer of information oriented services, and a series of optional modules. Viewed in this construct, an information server looks like this:
Optional Components
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- Understand — data profiling and metadata creation to understand the content, quality, and structure of information as it resides in source systems
- Cleanse – data quality procedures to eliminate duplicate information, match common records, standardize formats and survive the best information forward
- Transform – extract, transform and load (ETL) information from any data source (structured, unstructured, mainframe or application) to another
- Deliver – data federation capabilities to view and manipulate data from a collection of resources as if they were a single resource while retaining their autonomy and integrity.
Services Layer
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- Parallel Processing
- Metadata Management
- Administration & Reporting
- Service Deployment (for SOA utilization)
- Connectivity
Platform Foundation
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- Application Server
- Relational Database
When fully leveraged on a single platform, the optional components and shared platform services clearly differentiate an information server from other traditional data integration technologies due to its holistic approach to information integration.
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