SYNCHRONIZATION OF WEB SERVICE ENDPOINTS IN A MULTI-MASTER SYNCHRONIZATION ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A Web service synchronization protocol is provided that sets forth the metadata and messaging by which endpoints roam, share and synchronize common information with one another in a multi-master networked computing ecosystem. A general SOAP-based protocol is defined for synchronizing data between two endpoints where one or more of the endpoints supports a Web service. Defining messaging for knowledge-based transfers using XML Web services, the protocol allows devices, services and applications to synchronize through firewalls, allows for flexibility by allowing any common set or subset of information across endpoints and allows for extensibility by not prescribing the schema of the actual data being synchronized at the endpoints.

主权项

1. A method for data synchronization between a plurality of nodes communicatively coupled via one or more networks, comprising:
at an intermediate node, receiving knowledge information regarding data, the knowledge information received from an originating node and including a version representation of the data at the originating node; and propagating the knowledge information including the version representation of the data at the originating node to a different node via the intermediate node.