Hierarchical management of object schema and behavior

• US 20060184571A1
• Filed: 12/16/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Hai, Morrill, Jason
• Granted Patent: US 7,966,286 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method of reusing an object type in a computing environment, the method comprising accepting modifications made to an object type at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type, the object type comprising schema and behaviors, wherein the modifications are made to at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site; applying the modifications made to the at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site to an object type schema and behavior at a destination data site in a second computing environment, the object type at the destination data site corresponding to the object type at the source data site; and applying the modifications to an existing object created based on the object type at the destination data site in the second computing environment.

Claims

1. A method of reusing an object type in a computing environment, the method comprising:

accepting modifications made to an object type at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type, the object type comprising schema and behaviors, wherein the modifications are made to at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site;

applying the modifications made to the at least one of the schema or behaviors of the object type at the source data site to an object type schema and behavior at a destination data site in a second computing environment, the object type at the destination data site corresponding to the object type at the source data site; and

applying the modifications to an existing object created, based on the object type at the destination data site in the second computing environment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the source and destination data sites comprises a Web site.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein each of the object types at the source and destination data sites comprises one of a Web site content type and a Web site column type.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the Web site content type comprises a template for a table of heterogeneous items.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the Web site column type is a column in the template for the table of heterogeneous items.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the Web site content type and the Web site column type are copied to and used in multiple data sites.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the Web site column type is used in a plurality of Web site content types.

8. A method of managing object type schema and behavior, the method comprising:

accepting modifications made to at least one of the object type schema or behavior at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type, the object type comprising schema and behaviors;

selecting one of an option of propagating and not propagating the modifications to another object type schema and behavior at a destination data site in a second computing environment, the other object type at the destination data site corresponding to the object type at the source data site;

applying the modifications to the other object type schema and behavior at the destination data site; and

applying the modifications to an existing object created based on the other object type at the destination data site in the second computing environment.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein each of the source and destination data sites comprises a Web site.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein each of the object types at the source and destination data sites comprises one of a Web site content type and a Web site column type.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the Web site content type comprises a template for a table of heterogeneous items.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the Web site column type is a column in the template for the table of heterogeneous items.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the Web site content type and the Web site column type are copied to and used in multiple data sites.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the Web site column type is used in a plurality of Web site content types.

15. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable code for managing object type schema and behavior by:

accepting modifications made to at least one of the object type schema or behavior at a source data site in a first computing environment storing the object type schema, the object type comprising schema and behaviors;

selecting one of an option of propagating and not propagating the modifications to another object type schema and behavior at a destination data site in a second computing environment, the other object type at the destination data site corresponding to the object type at the source data site;

applying the modifications to the other object type schema and behavior at the destination data site; and

applying the modifications to an existing object created based on the other object type at the destination data site in the second computing environment.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein each of the source and destination data sites comprises a Web site.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein each of the object types at the source and destination data sites comprises one of a Web site content type and a Web site column type.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the Web site content type comprises a template for a table of heterogeneous items.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the Web site column type is a column in the template for the table of heterogeneous items.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the Web site content type and the Web site column type are copied to and used in multiple data sites.