EMPLOYING A DATA SERVER TO FACILITATE APPLICATION PORTABILITY

Data traffic between applications 108, 110, 112 and between applications 108, 110, 112 and other components can be desirably adapted to facilitate communication of traffic between respective applications 108, 110, 112 and between applications 108, 110, 112 and other components. A data server 118 can collect respective data element characteristics and rate information associated with respective applications 108, 110, 112. The data server 118 can decode messages from applications 108, 110, 112 to identify the data in the messages and maintain a data element table 124 comprising the data. The data server 118 can generate messages comprising only data desired by an application 108 in a format associated with the application 108 and can convert data values to units employed by the application 108 based on data elements characteristics associated with the application 108, wherein respective messages can be sent to the respective applications 108, 110, 112. The data server 118 can isolate developed applications from other parts, including other applications, under development by performing data translation operations between developed applications and the other applications under development.