SHARABLE MULTI-TENANT REFERENCE DATA UTILITY AND REPOSITORY, INCLUDING VALUE ENHANCEMENT AND ON-DEMAND DATA DELIVERY AND METHODS OF OPERATION

摘要

A multi-source multi-tenant reference data utility (1) and methods for forming and maintaining the same, delivering high quality reference data in response to requests from clients (6, 7, 8, 9), implemented using a shared infrastructure, and also providing added value services using the client's reference data. Included are data cleansing and quality assurance of the received data with full tracking of the sourcing of each value, storage of resulting entity values in a repository (20) which allows retrievals and enforces source based entitlements of clients, and delivery of retrieved data in the form of on demand datasets (30, 31, 32, 33) supporting a wide range of client application needs. An advantageous implementation has additional services for reporting on data quality and usage, a selection of value adding data driven computations and business document storage. The shared infrastructure and amortizing the costs of data quality assurance, assures that better quality data at lower cost is delivered.