International Business Machines Corporation

Brian Joseph Owings

Daniel Edward House

Brett Edward Morris

Shiau-Shiau Pei

Robert R LaTurner, Jr

Roger C Raphael

Rajesh M Desai

Howard Justin Glaser

Laurence Edward England

Constance Jane Nelin

Rebecca Braun Nin

Iun Veng Leong

Eric Lynn Porter

Alfred William Shannon

William Peter Carney

Robert Aaron Wilson

Gary John Hochmuth

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product evaluate an information asset with a corpus of policies in conjunction with the context of access including a specific user. A large corresponding set of rules in the policy corpus are identified by computer system. A continuous process of rule evaluation occurs against information asset metadata wherein a series of processing including set of common subexpressions between the predicates of all active rules, pre-evaluation, compaction and storage are identified by the computer system in the policy and rule corpus. Metadata for the information asset is applied by the computer system to the set of common subexpressions to form partially evaluated rules for the policy. The partially evaluated rules henceforth compacted are stored by the computer system in association with the information asset. Subsequently the partially evaluated rules are a compressed form of the rule corpus for the policies in the system and hence reduce computer resources and significantly improve the response tome used to evaluate the enforcement decision for the said information asset with the policy in conjunction with the context of access. The process can be repeated each time at least one of the metadata or the policy changes to provide continuous processing of rules to maintain compacted up-to-date partially evaluated rules to enforce the policy.

Real-time policy rule evaluation with multistage processing

An external data service can be integrated to enhance the metadata of workflow data fields. In response to processing a data field, a request may be sent to a metadata service for a metadata associated with the data field. In response to receiving the metadata, the metadata may be applied to the data field such that the data field as presented in a user interface is constrained according to one or more characteristics defined by the metadata.

External data service integration to enhance data field metadata

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and memory for programmatically switching arbitrary HTML pages is disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving control information in an application server from a client computer, and executing a script in the application server to generate a map relating HTML files with commands to show pages related to the HTML files. When a control event is received from the client computer, the mapping provides a basis for commanding the client computer's browser to switch to a second HTML page. In one embodiment, the invention also includes a program storage device, tangibly embodying instructions for performing the above method steps. The invention also includes an apparatus for remotely scripting local objects. The apparatus includes an application server having device such as a computer for receiving control information from a client computer, and a device for executing a script using the control information to generate a map relating a second HTML file with a command to show the HTML file.

Programmatic switching of arbitrary HTML forms

A system and method for providing a window capable of being resized is disclosed. The window includes at least one control. In one aspect, the method and system include allowing a developer to place the at least one control in a desired position in the window and allowing a developer to set how the at least one control is to move upon resizing of the window. In the first aspect, the method and system further include moving the at least one control in accordance with how the developer has set the at least one control to be moved upon resizing of the window when the window is resized. In another aspect, the method and system include allowing a developer to place the at least one control in a desired position in the window and allowing the developer to set how the at least one control is to be resized upon resizing of the window. In this aspect, the method and system further include resizing the at least one control in accordance with how the developer has set the at least one control to be resized upon resizing of the window when the window is resized.

Method and system for providing a resize layout allowing flexible placement and sizing of controls

A system and method for allowing a developer to lay out a window on a display in a computer system is disclosed. The method and system include providing at least one splitter bar control for at least one splitter bar and allowing the portion of the plurality of controls to be associated with the at least one splitter bar control. The at least one splitter bar control is for controlling at least a portion of the plurality of controls placed in the window when the at least one splitter bar is moved. The at least one splitter bar control is a peer control of the at least the portion of the plurality of controls.

Method and system for providing a splitter bar control

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture and memory for a component neutral builder interface. The interface comprises a dynamic link library (DLL) stored in the memory of and executable by a computer that is communicatively coupled to the user-definable component and the build utility, and a program interface implemented in the DLL which enforces an interface protocol between the component and the utility having a command set including all interface commands for the user-definable component. In this invention, the instruction set for implementing the component functions can reside in the DLL itself, an external component, or can be shared between the DLL and the external component. A method of implementing a user-definable component in a build utility is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of invoking a DLL when a user-definable component associated with the DLL is selected from a build utility, reading user-definable component data from the user-definable component via the DLL, and implementing the user-definable component in the build utility in accordance with the user-definable component data.

Component-neutral builder interface

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a programming development environment that supports the development of Internet and Intranet applications. The present invention describes a data structure readable by the computer for encapsulating a software project with a project application defined by executable programming logic, and a project environment for developing the application. The data structure comprises a first section comprising the executable programming logic, and all data needed to load and execute the project application on the computer, and a second section for storing other data, including data required to restore the project environment.

Programming development environment for intranet and internet

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a programming development environment that supports the development of internet and intranet applications. The present invention describes a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for remotely debugging internet applications. A debug control embedded in a debug proxy file is used to establish a debug session with a development client and to transmit the application to the user computer's browser, so as to present data in controls therein.

Remote debugging of internet applications

A method, apparatus, and program storage device for sharing objects with a network server and a database server using a common object model. A first set of objects is stored in a common file accessible by a network server and a database server. A second set of objects is stored in the common file. The first set of objects has network server executable logic and the second set of objects has database server executable logic. The first set of objects are published to the network server and the second set of objects are built in the database server. Building the second set of objects involves building a data link library (DLL) stub for the database server to run intermediate code language on the database server.

Method, apparatus, and program storage device for sharing objects with a

A method and means for handling events in a computer system which occur during the execution of programs including routines prepared in a plurality of computer programming languages is described. The number and identity of each unique computer programming language used in the preparation of the program is determined using a language list contained in the application program. A unique event handling means (event handler) is initialized for each unique computer programming language used in the program. As the program executes selected events of interest to the event handlers are detected. The parameters associated with the selected event are determined. Optionally the detected events may be divided into two types: broadcast or targeted. Broadcast events are sent to all event handlers (except the debug event handler), whereas, the targeted events are sent to a single event handler. An event code and the relevant parameters are passed to the event handlers so that each event handler may perform whatever actions are appropriate for that event in the context of the programming language being supported. The event handlers generate an appropriate return code indicating the success, failure, or non-processing of the event and, for selected events, return request information. The invention provides for a separate specialized debug event handler.

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