Repository Services
Many integration servers embrace the concept of a repository—a database of information about source and target applications (which may include data elements, inputs, processes, outputs, and the inter-relationships among applications). Although many experts view repositories primarily as a part of the world of application development, they do not question their value to the world of application integration.
Application integration-enabled repositories, in their simplest form, provide the integration server user with a database of information pertaining to the following:
Owner of the system (company)
Location of the system (directory)
Security parameters
Message schema information
Metadata
Enabling technology
Transformation information ...
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