Computing resource selection method and system

• US 7,778,992 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sheehan, Alexander Brantley
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones; Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): Quader; Fazlul
• Application Number:
  US12/023,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20090198721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems

Abstract

A selection method and system. The method includes enabling, by a computing system for a requester, access to the computing system. The computing system comprises a memory system. The memory system comprises group based access control data and computing resource data organized based on an XML schema that comprises a recursive format used to support a plurality of branch levels in a resource tree. The computing system associates first group data of the group based access control data with the requester. The computing system receives from the requester, a first request for accessing the computing resource data. The computing system associates the first group data with a first group of computing resources of the computing resource data. The computing system generates a first list comprising attribute values for the first group of computing resources. The computing system stores the first list.

Claims

1. A selection method comprising:

providing, by a computing system for a requestor, access to said computing system, wherein said computing system comprises a memory system, wherein said memory system comprises group based access control data and computing resource data, wherein said group based access control data and said computing resource data are organized based on an extensible markup language (XML) schema, and wherein said XML schema comprises a recursive format used to support a plurality of branch levels in a resource tree;

associating, by said computing system in response to said enabling, first group data of said group based access control data with said requestor;

receiving, by said computing system from said requestor, a first request for accessing said computing resource data;

associating, by said computing system in response to said first request, said first group data with a first group of computing resources of said computing resource data;

generating, by said computing system, a first list comprising attribute values for said first group of computing resources, wherein said attribute values are associated with an XML string that conforms to said XML schema; and

presenting, by said computing system to said requestor, said first list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said computing resource data is organized using a hierarchal ranking format.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first request for accessing said computing resource data comprises a request for retrieving a list of application resource items.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by said computing system, said first list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said requestor comprises an entity selected from the group consisting of a person and a software application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said XML schema defines leaf nodes comprising attributes defined by said attribute values, and wherein said attributes comprise a mandatory ID attribute and a mandatory label attribute.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said attribute values define an optional description attribute and an optional ShortCutKeys attribute.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said computing system comprises parsing logic, wherein said XML schema defines leaf nodes comprising first attributes defined by said attribute values, wherein said parsing logic performs said associating said first group data with said first group of computing resources, and wherein said first attributes comprise attributes selected from the group consisting of an ID attribute, a label attribute, a description attribute, and a ShortCutKeys attribute.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in said computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing said enabling, said associating said first group data with said requestor, said receiving, said associating said first group data with said first group of computing resources, said generating, and said presenting.

9. A computing system comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the processor implements a selection method, said method comprising:

providing, by said computing system for a requestor, access to said computing system, wherein said memory unit comprises group based access control data and computing resource data, wherein said group based access control data and said computing resource data are organized based on an extensible markup language (XML) schema, and wherein said XML schema comprises a recursive format used to support a plurality of branch levels in a resource tree;

associating, by said computing system in response to said enabling, first group data of said group based access control data with said requestor;

receiving, by said computing system from said requestor, a first request for accessing said computing resource data;

associating, by said computing system in response to said first request, said first group data with a first group of computing resources of said computing resource data;

generating, by said computing system, a first list comprising attribute values for said first group of computing resources, wherein said attribute values are associated with an XML string that conforms to said XML schema; and

presenting, by said computing system to said requestor, said first list.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said computing resource data is organized using a hierarchal ranking format.

11. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said first request for accessing said computing resource data comprises a request for retrieving a list of application resource items.

12. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said method further comprises:

storing, by said computing system, said first list.

13. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said requestor comprises an entity selected from the group consisting of a person and a software application.

14. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said XML schema defines leaf nodes comprising attributes defined by said attribute values, and wherein said attributes comprise a mandatory ID attribute and a mandatory label attribute.

15. The computing system of claim 14, wherein said attribute values define an optional description attribute and an optional ShortCutKeys attribute.

16. The computing system of claim 9, wherein said computing system comprises parsing logic, wherein said XML schema defines leaf nodes comprising first attributes defined by said attribute values, wherein said parsing logic performs said associating said first group data with said first group of computing resources, and wherein said first attributes comprise attributes selected from the group consisting of an ID attribute, a label attribute, a description attribute, and a ShortCutKeys attribute.

17. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable medium comprising a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to implement a selection method within a computing system comprising a computer-readable memory unit, said method comprising:

providing, by said computing system for a requestor, access to said computing system, wherein said memory unit comprises group based access control data and computing resource data, wherein said group based access control data and said computing resource data are organized based on an extensible markup language (XML) schema, and wherein said XML schema comprises a recursive format used to support a plurality of branch levels in a resource tree;

associating, by said computing system in response to said enabling, first group data of said group based access control data with said requestor;

receiving, by said computing system from said requestor, a first request for accessing said computing resource data;

associating, by said computing system in response to said first request, said first group data with a first group of computing resources of said computing resource data;

generating, by said computing system, a first list comprising attribute values for said first group of computing resources, wherein said attribute values are associated with an XML string that conforms to said XML schema; and

presenting, by said computing system to said requestor, said first list.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein said first request for accessing said computing resource data comprises a request for retrieving a list of application resource items.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein said XML schema defines leaf nodes comprising attributes defined by said attribute values, and wherein said attributes comprise a mandatory ID attribute and a mandatory label attribute.