Abstract: A system and method for assembling an application bundle representing an application including a first component having definitions expressed in a structured definition language and optionally a second component having a series of instructions, such that the application bundle is for provisioning on a device for assisting in message communication over a network between the device and a datasource. The system and method comprises a build service interface for receiving a series of elements of the application, the elements including mapping and interface information of the datasource and a description of the first component. The system and method also have a build engine coupled to the build service interface for assembling the received elements as the application bundle, wherein the application bundle is subsequently deployable to an application bundle storage.

Abstract: A data source detection method and system for detecting data sources are provided. The data source detection system comprises a generic data source connector for connecting to a data source, a data source connectors repository for storing the location of the data source and a data source model for representing information contained in the data source. The method comprises the steps of reading a data source connector repository, locating and connecting to a data source connector of a data source and building a data source model of the data source.

Abstract: A method is provided for creating a messaging description document from at least a portion of an existing application. The method comprises the following steps. The application is analyzed for application messages. Message elements are generated in the messaging description document in accordance with the application messages. A mapping document is generated to correlate the generated message elements in the messaging description document with corresponding application messages. A computer readable medium comprising instructions for executing the steps of the method is also provided. A computing device comprising memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to implements the steps of the method is also provided.