Managing complex dependencies in a file-based team environment

US9449298B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EMC Corporation · US

Inventors

• Lee Edward Lowry · Orem, US
• Rajesh Vasudevan · Sandy, US
• Brent Thurgood · Spanish Fork, US
• Ryan Cox · Provo, US
• Zack Grossbart · Cambridge, US
• William Street · Kiel, US
• Volker Gunnar Scheuber-Heinz · Pleasant Grove, US
• Stephen R. Carter · Spanish Fork, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques managing complex dependencies in a file-based team environment are provided. A software module is represented as an object. The object is defined via a file. The file includes relationships, and some of the relationships define dependencies to other objects. In some cases, attributes for the object are also included in the file and are defined via references to still other objects. The relationships and the attributes are carried with the object via the file.