Patent ID: 8176465
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising at least one processing unit and at least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the at least one processing unit to implement operations including: in response to an input, adding at least one new custom model element type to a modeling application; associating one or more custom behaviors with the at least one new custom model element type; in response to a triggering event, executing a particular one of the one or more custom behaviors; in response to creation of a custom model element representing an underlying artifact, automatically creating the underlying artifact; in response to revision of the custom model element, automatically updating the underlying artifact; in response to creation of a new artifact in an artifact source application, automatically creating a new model element representing the new artifact; and in response to revision of the new artifact, automatically updating the new model element representing the new artifact.