US 6,983,448 B2 | ||
Open framework for the definition of metadata | ||
John Mark Hartel, Austin, Tex. (US); Karalee Brown LeBlanc, Austin, Tex. (US); and John Conrad Sanchez, Pflugerville, Tex. (US) | ||
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
Filed on Jul. 12, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/903,726. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0028549 A1, Feb. 06, 2003 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 717—116 | 21 Claims |
1. A method for providing metadata, comprising:
providing an object descriptor interface;
creating an object descriptor class for an object using the object descriptor interface;
using methods defined by the object descriptor interface to identify a property of the object;
providing a property descriptor interface;
creating a property descriptor class using the property descriptor interface; and
using methods defined by the property descriptor interface to obtain metadata associated with the identified property.
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