Patent ID: 7353452

Claim:
A method for specializing content of a page, comprising: establishing a plurality of administration levels including a defined administration level and a second administration level; providing a defined layer of the page created and managed by the defined administration level, wherein the defined layer provides a defined layout comprising a plurality of containers or frames, at least one immutable part of the defined layout, at least one editable part of the defined layout, and management rights of the second level of administration; specializing the defined layout by the second administration level to modify one or more of the at least one editable parts resulting in a first delta to the defined layout, the second administration level causing the first delta to include at least one immutable part and at least one editable part, and management rights of a third administration level; the third administration level specializing the defined layout or the first delta to modify one or more of the at least one editable parts of the defined layout or first delta resulting in a second delta; storing the first delta as a second layer of the page; storing the second delta as a third layer of the page; and assembling the page as a union of the defined layer, the second layer, and the third layer for display to a user having access rights to the page.