Self-describing artifacts and application abstractions
US7451435B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/61
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described herein is at least one implementation employing multiple self-describing software artifacts persisted on one or more computer-storage media of a software-based computer. In this implementation, each artifact is representative of at least part of the software components (e.g., load modules, processes, applications, and operating system components) of the computing system and each artifact is described by at least one associated “manifest,” which include metadata declarative descriptions of the associated artifact.
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