TYPE-TO-TYPE ANALYSIS FOR CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNICAL COMPONENTS

摘要

A system is provided, the system comprising: type definition circuitry configured to: assign a first type specifier to a first component type available from a first service provider; assign a second type specifier to a second component type available from a second service provider; property linking circuitry configured to: link a first set of technical properties to the first component type; and link a second set of second technical properties to the second component type; property translation circuitry configured to: establish a translation correspondence between the first set of technical properties for the first component type and the second set of technical properties for the second component type; and type mapping circuitry configured to: translate the first component type into the second component type by translating the first component type into a reference type and the reference type into the second component type, according to the translation correspondence, for provisioning the first component type at the second service provider as the second component type.