Patent ID: 7366974

Claim:
A method for facilitating generation of a template comprising: sending a request to retrieve a copy of an information repository through the computer network, the information repository comprising network data identifying portions of a computer network to which attribute repositories apply, the information repository selecting an attribute repository from a plurality of attribute repositories with the most up-to-date version of attributes; receiving the copy of an information repository from the computer network and storing the information repository in said computer-readable memory; sending a request to retrieve a copy of the selected attribute repository through a computer network, the attribute repository comprising attributes, the attributes being divided into default attributes and template-type-specific attribute categories that include attributes that are specific to a particular template type, the attributes that are specific to a particular template type having been entered by a system administrator via a user-interface; receiving the copy of the attribute repository from the computer network and storing the attribute repository in a computer-readable memory; retrieving attributes from the computer-readable memory based on a selected template type; instructing a computer-executable document generating application to generate the template of the selected template type in accordance with the attributes; and generating the template of the selected template type in accordance with the attributes.