Integrating IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Product Master provides capabilities to export metadata such as specs and attribute collections to IBM InfoSphere Information Server. The capabilities are enabled in two steps:

Metadata export

Export attribute collection in XSD formats with Product Master APIs. This XSD can then be consumed in IBM InfoSphere Information Server tool that is called IBM InfoSphere DataStage and IBM InfoSphere QualityStage® designer. This step is manual at IBM InfoSphere Information Server. When imported in IBM InfoSphere Information Server, the metadata is stored in IBM InfoSphere Information Server repository.

Glossary export

Export of Product Master spec attribute name details, with Product Master APIs, in XML format that is recognized by IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary. This can be consumed by IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary. This is a manual step at IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary.

The following example is an interface method for glossary export.

/**
	 * This method takes a Collection of String representing the Spec Names as the
	 * input parameter and exports the metadata(spec) description in the
	 * Business Glossary format in a XML file and uploads the file to the
	 * docstore for each spec.
	 * 
	 * @param specNames   Collection of Spec names
	 * @throws PIMInternalException  when internal error occurs
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException when the Collection of SpecNames is null
	 */
	public void exportBusinessGlossary(Collection<String> specNames);		

	/**
	 * This method returns a Business Glossary XML as String for given Spec
	 * name.
	 * 
	 * @param specName
	 *            Spec name to be exported for Business Glossary
	 * @return String XML content as a string
	 * @throws PIMInternalException  when internal error occurs
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException  when the specName is null
	 */
	public String getBusinessGlossary(String specName);