Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to interface with an existing proprietary data base management system by permitting a developer to create a web based service that produces a table result. This result can be rendered to the web either by a Cool ICE Script or by an Active Server Page. The table may appear either as an HTML table or a graph. The service is defined as a plurality of ordered, discreet, and independent steps. Each step may be created and/or edited independently of all other steps.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of accommodating an XML document within a data base management system. The XML document is parsed on an element-by-element basis into an acceptable format for use by a data base management system by information contained in an XML mapping tree. Each element may be accompanied by appropriate attributes. The tree may be saved for future use. The XML document may be defined by a Document Type Definition (DTD).

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request analysis of data from an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user has an assigned security profile specifying the data base management system access privileges permitted. This security profile may be readily changed by a system administrator. The administrator selects the user for whom the security profile is to be changed from a menu. The security profile change is specified on an HTML page and forwarded to the data wizard security service. This service generates script for accomplishing the specified change.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of temporarily, or permanently, saving the current computational data as a table within a legacy data base management system for later use within the current computational service or for use in a following computational service. In particular, the apparatus enables the generation of XML output documents with computational data from more than one source. The DTD, IDT, and other key conversion components may be stored within a repository of the legacy data base management system.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of processing a service request via a legacy data base management system to produce a response. The response is converted from the internal format of the legacy data base management system into an XML document which is transferred via the Internet to a user.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of accommodating an XML document within a data base management system. The XML document is defined by a Document Type Definition (DTD). It is parsed on an element-by-element basis into an acceptable format for use by a data base management system by information contained in an XML mapping tree in accordance with said DTD. Each element may be accompanied by appropriate attributes. The tree may be saved for future use. An internal form of the DTD may be stored for future use.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of processing a call to native script in a service built by a Component Builder for a legacy data base management system. The service built by the Component Builder consists of a series of steps. One or more of these steps may be a call to a native script subroutine contained in a repository in the legacy data base management system.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of processing a service request in XML document format via a legacy data base management system to produce a response. The service is defined by a component definition which is presented to the legacy data base management system as a combination of tables, variables, and script defining various components. The inputs are defined in accordance with a combination of components from a variety of sources. The legacy data base management system honors the service and returns results as appropriate.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal to interface with an existing proprietary database management system by permitting a developer to create a web based service that produces a table result. The table may appear either as an HTML table or a graph. The service is defined as a plurality of ordered, discreet, and independent steps. Each step may be created and/or edited independently of all other steps. To assist the service developer, the system presents a choice of available steps to be added into the sequence at any particular point. The only steps so presented are valid for the position within the sequence. Invalid steps are not presented. During the development process, each selected step has a corresponding state report associated therewith. Each state report indicates the computational state resulting from the associated step to the next succeeding step in the sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to interface with an existing proprietary data base management system by permitting a developer to create a web based service that produces a table result. This result can be rendered to the web either by a Cool ICE Script or by an Active Server Page. The table may appear either as an HTML table or a graph. The service is defined as a plurality of ordered, discreet, and independent steps. Each step may be created and/or edited independently of all other steps. To assist the service developer, the system presents a choice of available steps to be added into the sequence at any particular point. The only steps so presented are valid for the position within the sequence. Invalid steps are not presented.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of accommodating an XML document within a legacy data base management system. The XML document is defined by a Document Type Definition (DTD). The XML document is converted into a form suitable for use by the legacy data base management system in accordance with an Input Definition Table (IDT). The IDT is a table containing a plurality of sequential text statements which define the conversion process. The IDT is stored within a repository of the legacy data base management system.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request calculations on an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user fills in and transmits an HTML form defining the requested calculation. A data wizard converts the requested calculation definition to a script which is executable by the data base management system. The desired calculations are made and the results are returned to the user as one or more HTML pages.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request analysis of data from an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user has an assigned security profile specifying the data base management system access privileges permitted. This security profile may be readily changed by a system administrator. The administrator selects the user for whom the security profile is to be changed from a menu. The security profile change is specified on an HTML page and forwarded to the data wizard security service. This service generates script for accomplishing the specified change.

Abstract: An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request data from an existing proprietary data base management system wherein said data exists in a number of formats. A data wizard join service creates script which joins the data existing in a number of formats into a single format. The joined data may be processed by a number of other data wizard operators. The data is then presented to the internet terminal for utilization by the user.