Information repository for storing information for enterprise computing system

摘要

An information processing system includes a plurality of data processing tools, an atomic information repository, and a plurality of generated translation engines. Each data processing tool processes data in accordance with an associated data model, and in the process generates access requests for accessing data in accordance with its associated data model. The atomic information repository stores data items using an organization in an atomic data model which corresponds to the combination of the data models associated with all of the tools. Each translation engine is associated with one of the tools. Each translation engine receives an access request from its associated tool in the associated tool's data model and performs a translation operation to translate the request to the repository's atomic data model, and initiates an access operation with the repository in connection with the translated access request. A system manager is provided which can, when a new tool is added to the system, update the repository's atomic data model to reflect the added tool's associated data model, generate a translation engine for the new tool, and also update the translation engines associated with the existing tools to reflect the update.