MetaMatrix Products
Standards Supported by MetaMatrix
MetaMatrix products use many standards, and expose information based on standards.
| SQL |
SQL-92 |
ANSI, ISO |
Primary query language used for data access through MetaMatrix Query and MetaMatrix Enterprise Server, and for defining transformations in MetaMatrix Designer. |
| JDBC |
3.0 |
Sun |
The primary API for accessing MetaMatrix Query and the MetaMatrix Enterprise Server. In addition, JDBC-accessible sources can be imported into MetaMatrix Designer and integrated as data sources into MetaMatrix, using one of the many JDBC connectors provided by MetaMatrix. |
| ODBC |
3.5 |
Microsoft |
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| XA |
3.5 |
The Open Group |
Defines the semantics for two-phase commits in distributed transactions. Used by the MetaMatrix Enterprise XA Server. |
| UML |
2.0 |
OMG |
Used in MetaMatrix Designer for model diagrams. In MetaMatrix Enterprise, UML models from Rational Rose can be imported and used to define models for integration. |
| EMF |
2.1 |
Eclipse |
Eclipse framework used to define and manipulate MOF-based models. |
| MOF |
1.4 |
OMG |
Used to represent model classes and model types. |
| XMI |
2.0 |
XMI |
MetaMatrix models are stored in XMI files. |
| XML |
1.0 |
W3C |
Used to define hierarchical views in MetaMatrix Designer, which can be executed in MetaMatrix Dimension and MetaMatrix Enterprise. |
| XML Schema |
1.0 |
W3C |
Used to define hierarchical views in MetaMatrix Designer. |
| XSLT |
2.0 |
W3C |
A style sheet can be applied to ad-hoc requests executed against XML Views through the MetaMatrix Enterprise Server |
| XPath |
2.0 |
W3C |
Used to define Web services in MetaMatrix Designer |
| XQuery |
1.0 |
W3C |
XML Views can be queried using XQuery through JDBC or ODBC APIs |
| SOAP |
1.1 |
W3C |
Web services defined in MetaMatrix Dimension and MetaMatrix Enterprise are accessible via standard SOAP, over HTTP and JMS. |
| WSDL |
1.1 |
W3C |
MetaMatrix Web services are described using standard WSDL. |
| UDDI |
3.0 |
OASIS |
MetaMatrix Web services can be deployed to UDDI registries; MetaMatrix Enterprise supports direct deployment to the Systinet Registry from the MetaMatrix Enterprise Console. |
| WS-I |
1.1 |
WS-I Organization |
Ensures interoperability of MetaMatrix Web services with tools and products from other vendors. |
| JDBC |
3.0 |
Sun |
API to MetaMatrix Query and MetaMatrix Enterprise Server. JDBC connectivity to data sources is also supported, as is importing of metadata information from JDBC sources to define a VDB. |
| J2EE |
1.4 |
Sun | Various J2EE standards used, such as JTA. |
| Eclipse |
3.1 |
Eclipse |
The application framework upon which MetaMatrix Designer is built. |
| SSL |
3.0 |
Netscape |
Secure connections. |
| HTTP |
1.1 |
W3C |
SOAP connectivity. |
