A system and method for processing performance metric data and converting the data from Universal/Uniform Data Format (UDF) to a form readable by data analysis/reporting tools such as SAS IT Service Vision. Performance metric data is collected by collection agents in UDF files. Universal/Uniform Data...http://www.google.com/patents/US6128628?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6128628 - Meta data processing for converting performance data into a generic format
