Patent ID: 6760734
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for representing metadata in a common access repository, wherein the metadata is loaded into the repository from a source system, the method comprising:scanning the source system for first set of metadata that describes a first state, wherein the first state includes data that cannot change unless a program acts upon the first state; loading the first set of metadata into the repository; creating a first state description for the first set of metadata in a fixed state, wherein the first state description includes a state name and a description of a use and a functionality of the state; creating a transition description wherein the transition description includes a description of how information or data transitions from the first state to a second state; connecting the first state description to a second state description using the transition description to create a state chain; and determining a state complexity coefficient for the first state, wherein the state complexity coefficient measures a relative importance of the first state.