International Business Machines Corporation

Christopher Johan Schaubach

Jason M Brown

Malcolm H M Holloway

Richard Stephen Szulewski

Lisa M Wood

Paul Franklin McMahan

Robert Thomas Uthe

Tomohiro Miyahira

Yoshiroh Kamiyama

Hong J Zhang

Lisa M Wood Bradley

Masahiro Furukawa

Carrie Weaver Searcey

Theodore Patrick Lyons, Jr

Using a bounding language to control or restrict the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or 'XML'), and also includes the bounding language and documents encoded according to the bounding language. A Document Type Definition ('DTD') is defined as a &#x201c;bounding DTD&#x201d;, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are defined according to this DTD. A processing component uses a structured document containing editing restrictions as input, and programmatically determines which fields of another structured document can be edited, which fields should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

Structured document bounding language

A method and system are provided to support automated modification to a multiple node tree structure. Each clause and each logical operator are defined in the tree structure as nodes. In addition, each link emanating from a child node to a parent node is defined as a child link, and each link emanating from a parent node to a child node is defined as a parent link. The selection and location of an operator for placement in the tree structure will be automated in response to the position selected.

Automatically modifying a tree structure

Using a bounding language to control or restrict the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or 'XML'), and also the bounding language and documents encoded according to the bounding language. A Document Type Definition ('DTD') is defined as a &#x201c;bounding DTD&#x201d;, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are defined according to this DTD. A processing component uses a structured document containing editing restrictions as input, and programmatically determines which fields of another structured document can be edited, which fields should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

A method to manage inputs from multiple portlets of a portal page may include gathering any inputs from forms associated with portlets other than a form associated with a portlet that is being submitted. The method may also include appending each gathered input to the form being submitted with an identifier of the form to which the gathered input belongs.

Form multiplexer for a portal environment

A system and method for visually rendering resource policy usage information are provided. The system and method make use of policy performance data and relative weighting values of policies to generate, for each system resource, a graphical representation of the system resource with regard to the affect of policies on their behavior within the IT infrastructure. The resulting visual depiction of the IT infrastructure provides a visual representation that quickly communicates to the user which resources have the most/least policies guiding their behavior and the frequency of evaluation of these policies. For example, a large graphical element with a negative color may alert the user that the system resource is heavily affected by policies but that the policies are not being evaluated frequently enough.

System and method for visually rendering resource policy usage information

Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by using a meta-editor to generate components (e.g., a specification of a rules language that restricts editing operations on structured documents, a specification of rules according to this language, and a graphical user interface editor that operates according to the specified rules) for use in controlling or restricting the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or 'XML'). A Document Type Definition ('DTD') is generated as a &#x201c;bounding DTD&#x201d;, based on editing choices made using the meta editor, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are generated according to this DTD and these editing choices. An editor (or editing component) is generated that programmatically determines which elements of another structured document can be edited, which elements should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

Growing community of inventors

Cary, NC, United States of America

Christopher Johan Schaubach