Patent ID: 7617014
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. At least one tangible computer-readable medium having a plurality of computer-readable data structures stored thereon, comprising: a plurality of items included on the at least one tangible computer-readable medium, the plurality of items representing a plurality of co-existing perspective structures of items relating to product information, each item included on the at least one computer-readable medium comprised of one or more computer-readable item structures that define subitems of the item; the item representing product information, a set of item specifications corresponding to the subitems, wherein zero or more item specifications exist which correspond to each subitem, wherein each perspective structure corresponds to a particular one of a plurality of co-existing perspectives and each perspective is indicative of process and practices to, during the lifecycle of a product to which the product information pertains, control the items of the perspective structure corresponding to that perspective; and a set of commitment structures included on the at least one computer-readable medium, wherein each commitment structure associates, for the context of the perspective in which an item exists, each subitem for two or more item specifications with one of the two or more item specifications, such that when the item is processed by a computer, any item specification associated with a subitem by a commitment structure is determinable from the commitment structure.