Patent ID: 8997054
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing system, a software application from a software vendor, the software application comprising a set of certification metatags describing one or more components supported by the software application; determining that the software application is a precursor application using content of the set of certification metatags, wherein the precursor application is a component of an application stack; determining whether the software application is an existing component of an existing application stack or is a new type of software application by comparing a type for the software application to a plurality of types of software applications that are stored in a database; applying a regression analysis to the software application to determine whether to certify the software application in view of a determination that the software application is an existing component of an existing application stack; and in view of a determination that the software application is a new type of application: