Patent ID: 8271538
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: reading a mapping scheme that maps a database structure to a profile structure, wherein the profile structure comprises at least one stereotype; selecting a first entry of a plurality of entries in the database, wherein the plurality of entries corresponds to profiles that can be used for creating models in accordance with a modeling language; reading first metadata out from the first entry, wherein the first metadata indicates profile information according to the mapping scheme; creating an instance of a first profile of the profiles with the first metadata; reading second metadata out from the first entry, wherein the second metadata indicates a stereotype for the first profile based, at least in part, on location of the second metadata with respect to the first metadata according to the mapping scheme; and creating the stereotype in the instance of the first profile with the second metadata, wherein the mapping scheme indicates that profile metadata resides at a root of an entry and that stereotype metadata resides at a given distance from the root.