Patent ID: 6363386
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system that includes a memory system and one or more primary resources that may be stored in the memory system, a method of managing properties associated with the one or more primary resources, the method comprising:an act of creating a property file for storing at least one property associated with a primary resource; an act of directly associating the property file with the primary resource such that when the primary resource is moved, copied, or deleted, the property file is likewise also automatically moved, copied, or deleted, respectively, without reference to a separate database or table; an act of receiving a request to set one or more properties within the property file associated with the primary resource in accordance with a distributed authoring protocol; an act of finding the property file associated with the primary resource in response to the request; an act of opening the property file associated with the primary resource; an act of setting a property within the property file; and an act of closing the property file associated with the primary resource.