Customizable list of application specific terms

• US 20080127042A1
• Filed: 10/17/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mandalika, Srinivas, Lopez, Martha Arellano
• Application Number:
  US11/581,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127042A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A list of application specific terms is provided in association with a business application. Changing terms included in the list changes the terminology incorporated into user interfaces associated with the application. In one embodiment, the list of application specific terms is exposed as part of a software development kit.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of supporting customizable terminology within an application, the method comprising:

providing a set of entity names incorporated into an application, wherein each entity name corresponds to an object represented within an object schema associated with the application;

receiving a substitute term for a particular one of the entity names; and

incorporating in place of the particular entity name, the substitute term into a component of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein incorporating into a component of the application comprises incorporating into a user interface component associated with the application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising incorporating the substitute term into the set of entity names such that the substitute term becomes part of the set.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a set of entity names comprises providing a collective list of entity names.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a set of entity names comprises providing a directory of entity names.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing comprises providing as part of a software development kit associated with the application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing comprises providing within a software development environment configured to support enhancement of the application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein incorporating comprises determining whether there is a replacement value associated with a label that is to be incorporated into the application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein determining comprises utilizing a resource management component to determine.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising evaluating the substitute term for satisfaction of a predetermined criteria.

11. A system for supporting customizable terminology within an application, the system comprising:

an application;

a list of application specific terms associated with the application; and

a resource management component configured to facilitate retrieval of a term in said list for incorporation into a component of the application.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a software development kit from which the list is exposed.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the list is exposed as part of a software development kit configured to support enhancement of the application.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the component of the application is a user interface component.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the resource management component is configured to facilitate retrieval when it is determined that there is a replacement value associated with a label to be incorporated into an application component.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the list of application specific terms comprises a set of entity names.

17. A development system configured to facilitate enhancement of an application, wherein the system comprises a collective list of application specific terms that are incorporated into one or more user interface components associated with the application.

18. The development system of claim 17, wherein the list is exposed to a resource management component configured to facilitate retrieval of a replacement term from the list when it is determined that a particular user interface label is associated with the replacement term.

19. The development system of claim 17, wherein the collective list of application specific terms is a directory of entity names.

20. The development system of claim 19, wherein each entity name in the directory corresponds to an object represented within an object schema associated with the application.