Syntactic to semantic binding
US7565648B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/3676
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In order to facilitate automated operations with software, semantic meaning of data values is bound to the syntactic type of the data values. In a described implementation, a piece of software accepts inputs and produces outputs. The inputs have a specified syntactic type (e.g., runtime type) and an expected semantic meaning. The semantic meaning corresponds to a real-world description of relevant data for the input. Providing a data set that matches the specified syntactic type and the expected semantic meaning as input to the software enables a relevant operation with the software to be performed. An example automated operation is the testing of a piece of software. In another described implementation, a synmantic data object is created and/or utilized that includes a syntactic type attribute and a semantic meaning attribute for the contained data value(s). Other optional attributes include locale indication and a validity flag.
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