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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.