Heterogeneous data access system for software engineering tools uses adaptors with formal grammar for each tool

摘要

A heterogeneous data access system sets up a formal granule identification grammar and interfaced granule (9, 11) client server adaptor (10, 12) for each tool (6, 7) with direct HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secured) connection of appropriate client (C) and server (S). Includes an Independent claim for use of the system with XML (Extended Mark Up Language) format granules with structured data.