SAP MDM-GDS repository structure

Hi,
Does anybody have any input or knowledge of SAP's direction regarding repository structures for MDM and GDS now that they've begun integrating the functions into the MDM solution the offer?
At present, whilst the GDS Console is basically just accessing data in an MDM repository, it can't be your core MDM product data repository, but rather it has to be a separate one, set up specifically for GDS and nothing else, and thus it needs to be populated separately. I am wondering if this is a long term vision, or just a result of the way the package has been developed and that further integration will be forthcoming.
Any ideas?
Steve

Hello lis716
I'm not recomend working with SAP MDM database directly moreover modify some data at Database level because database structure is close information. (i had expiriens to mass upload users and their roles directly in MDM database, after that operation repository hasn't been started - repair returned a lot of errors and i was very happy when repository has been started)
You can lost important data because database structure may be modify in any time.
SAP MDM provide API for different development platforms as is .NET, ABAP, JAVA, COM.
My suggestion you should use API in your application for connect to data.
Additional information about API you can find here:
https://websmp209.sap-ag.de/installmdm71
Regards
Kanstantsin Chernichenka

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2. When we extract data from ERP, it is stored on MDM server. This much I gathered from different presentations but in which repository does it go to?
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I checked the directory listing of the folder where I extracted that zip file and as you can see below there is no a2a file.
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Directory of C:\software\SAPSWs\new folder
11/04/2008 08:12 AM    <DIR>          .
11/04/2008 08:12 AM    <DIR>          ..
11/04/2008 08:00 AM    <DIR>          Connector
01/27/2008 05:21 PM        30,149,843 GDS_1.0.6.1.ear
01/27/2008 05:21 PM        16,109,596 GDS_ExternalValidations_1.0.6.1.ear
11/04/2008 08:00 AM    <DIR>          MDM
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Directory of C:\software\SAPSWs\new folder\Connector
11/04/2008 08:00 AM    <DIR>          .
11/04/2008 08:00 AM    <DIR>          ..
01/25/2008 09:38 AM            67,243 com.sap.mdm.tech.connector.sda
01/25/2008 09:38 AM         5,008,269 com.sap.mdm.tech.mdm4j.sda
01/25/2008 09:38 AM         5,078,356 MDMJAVAAPI05_2.sca
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11/04/2008 08:00 AM    <DIR>          ..
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01/25/2008 08:18 AM        27,671,239 MDMDataManagerInstall_Ver5.5.42.103.exe
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