Business innovation driven by metadata to build new competitive advantages of enterprises

No one can escape the digital transformation . In cloud computing 、 Artificial intelligence 、 Today, with the rise of big data , Everyone is just a basic point in the digital wave , Actively and passively attacked by the digital wave . The essence of enterprise digital transformation , In the world of data and algorithm definition , Using automatic flow of data to resolve the uncertainty of complex system , Optimize the efficiency of resource allocation , Building new competitive advantages of enterprises . Clear business structure 、 Solid technical support and agile R & D team , It is an important factor for enterprises to pursue business advantages .

Standing at the tuyere of current technological development, I looked back all the way , The biggest defect of traditional enterprise application software , It can be said that the object model is missing , Form + The way of process cannot solve deep-seated data and logic problems . Enter the era of digital twins , The core of digitalization is business object modeling based on metadata , Try to record the objective world in the system , And be understood and recognized by the system .

The ark low code platform in the first year was built based on metadata driven and object-based modeling capabilities , Aimed at Strong support from the technical and model level , Let the development work comprehensively improve efficiency , Reduce R & D and labor costs for enterprises , Focus more on business promotion , Support enterprise digital transformation .

01 Metadata driven

Metadata （Meta Data） It is the data used to describe and record objects . Metadata is a design pattern , It is a structured language for simple models to describe complex objects . Computers read metadata , Understand the structure of objects and their relationship with other objects .

Using metadata , What can the system do ？

Automatically build knowledge map , For cognitive computing and graph Computing .

Support intelligent rule engine ,AI Search for , Question and answer .

Perform data check , Automatically write to the data warehouse , For real-time data analysis .

Metadata management , Is the core and foundation of data governance .  Metadata is equivalent to a map of all data . Metadata can answer the following questions ：

• What data do we have ？

• Where is the data distributed ？

• What are the types of data ？

• What's the relationship between the data ？

• What data is often quoted ？ What kind of data no one patronizes ？

• How to find the data I need ？

• How about the production progress of data ？

• How to migrate data ？

Metadata can be used to map data 、 Unified data caliber 、 Indicate data orientation 、 Analyze data relationships 、 Analyze the impact of model changes and accuracy to the field level .

02 Object based modeling

Objects are the best way to describe the entities of the physical world , The relationship between entities in the system reflects the operating mechanism of the physical world as truly as possible , The system created by this can correctly save data and flow data . Everything is the object , All data is objectified , To complete a reasonable 、 Scalable system architecture .

In ark low code platform , The concept of meta object is introduced , Business objects are derived from this 、 System object , All definitions and configurations of the system are objects , All objects have a common ancestor ： Meta object , All child objects inherit the capabilities of the parent object .

Meta objects are objects created based on metadata ; All definitions and configurations of the system are driven by meta objects . Meta objects can provide the ability to build from low to high ：

System object ： Such as menu object , Field object , Authority object .

The business object ： Such as sharing business objects , Purchase business object .

product / Industry business objects ： Such as standing book , bill .

Object oriented modeling is the best tool to describe the objective world with computer system , This modeling capability can be widely applied to all software systems . The process of object-oriented modeling based on metadata is also the process of standardizing the model interface , All models are designed in accordance with unified interface specifications and design principles , It ensures the stability and expansibility of the system .

Ark low code platform in the first year , Under the guidance of domain modeling methodology , Implement the idea of giving priority to data model , Fundamentally open up the information island established by enterprises with business as the center , Metadata driven system modeling capability , Support the establishment of enterprises “ transaction - analysis ” Integrated application , Improve the agile R & D strength of enterprises , Help enterprises transform .

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