Patent ID: 7440958
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of identifying and associating appropriate actions to a selected artifact in a framework providing a customized application program, said method comprising the steps of: specifying a metamodel for a capture of relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact; implementing the metamodel as a plugin, said plugin being integratable into the framework and allowing another plugin of the framework to access the relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact; generating a collection artifact containing an empty instantiation of the metamodel in which an instantiation of the metamodel may be stored; sending, from the framework, the collection artifact to a target platform; instantiating, on the target platform, the collection artifact containing an instance of the selected artifact, each instantiation of the selected artifact instance containing attributes characteristics, and a replica of the selected artifact's content; transmitting the instantiated collection artifact back to the framework; and analyzing the selected artifact's attributes and characteristics contained in the instantiated collection artifact to ascertain appropriate access and actions allowed on the selected artifact, wherein association of any action with the selected artifact is performed in compliance with rules of an originating platform from which the selected artifact is generated.