System, method and article of manufacture for providing an attribute system with primitive support of dynamic and evolvable roles in support of fluid and integrative application development
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1. A method for managing a data item, comprising:
- (a) defining one or more roles, wherein each role comprises a set of attributes;
(b) associating at least one of the roles to a data item; and
(c) assigning the data item a value for each of the attributes of the one or more roles associated with the data item.
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Abstract
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for managing data items. One or more roles are defined with each role comprising a set of attributes. The roles may then be then associated with zero, one, or more data items. The data item may be assigned a value for each of the attributes of the role(s) that have been associated with the data item.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing a data item, comprising:
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(a) defining one or more roles, wherein each role comprises a set of attributes;
(b) associating at least one of the roles to a data item; and
(c) assigning the data item a value for each of the attributes of the one or more roles associated with the data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing a data item, comprising:
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(a) a code segment that defines one or more roles, wherein each role comprises a set of attributes;
(b) a code segment that associates at least one of the roles to a data item; and
(c) a code segment that assigns the data item a value for each of the attributes of the one or more roles associated with the data item. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for managing a data item, comprising:
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(a) logic that defines one or more roles, wherein each role comprises a set of attributes;
(b) logic that associates at least one of the roles to a data item; and
(c) logic that assigns the data item a value for each of the attributes of the one or more roles associated with the data item.
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