Patent ID: 8677278
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for authoring and maintaining heterogeneous design assets in a computer system, comprising: (a) defining one or more heterogeneous design assets belonging to disconnected applicative fields, wherein: (b) representing the one or more heterogeneous design assets in a hierarchical structure wherein a structure of the heterogeneous design assets is separated from one or more contextual attributes of the heterogeneous design assets, the hierarchical structure comprised of: (c) binding one or more of the constructs to the data and one or more of the nodes, wherein such binding defines a representation of the one more heterogeneous design assets with contextual information and structure; and (d) providing access, to said heterogeneous design assets in the hierarchical structure, to a user using a computer and display, wherein the heterogeneous design assets are usable across different products in the disconnected applicative fields.