International Business Machines Corporation

Dorian Birsan

Jana Helton Jenkins

Harm Sluiman

James Henry Roberts

Gregory D Adams

Michael J Harris

Phil S Coulthard

Allen V Chan

Allen Vi Cuong Chan

William G O'Farrell

Vladimir Klicnik

Christina P Lau

Vadim Berestetsky

Robert William Phippen

Valentina Birsan

Mihnea Galeteanu

Christopher F Markes

Chee W Ooi

Mariya M Koshkina

Hung Chau Tran

Sheldon Lee-Loy

Hetty Dougherty

John Steinbacher

Wen Sheng Liu

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for cross-domain mapping between a business process modeler domain and an implementation domain are provided. The method includes accessing a business concept registry on a data storage device including business concepts with mapping for the business process modeler domain and the implementation domain. The method also includes creating a model with one or more of the business concepts interconnected to represent a business process in the business process modeler domain, and exporting the model from the business process modeler domain to the implementation domain according to the business concept mapping of the business concept registry.

Conceptual representation of business processes for cross-domain mapping

Embodiments of the invention provide for contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base. A method of the invention includes receiving a query for a portion of content in an information base and identifying a portion of different content in the information base that is related to the queried portion. The method also includes retrieving both commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion, and also commentary posted to the information base in respect to the identified portion. Finally, the method includes transmitting the queried portion and the retrieved portion, but annotating the retrieved commentary in respect to the identified portion so as to direct a display of the commentary posted to the information base in respect to the different portion in a manner visually distinguishable from a display of commentary posted to the information base in respect to the queried portion.

Contextually related sharing of commentary for different portions of an information base

Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method of processing multiple versions of documents. The method includes importing a new version of a document. The method further includes determining that a section of the document can be imported from a previous version of the document. The method further includes creating a table of contents entry for the section and indexing the new version of the document. Another embodiment can be directed to a computer implemented method of implementing searches across multiple versions of a document. After receiving a search query, the search query can be performed across multiple versions of the document. Duplicates can be analyzed and removed. If there are no results from a target version, search results from a prior version of a document are analyzed to find a result from the target version.

Organizing multiple versions of content

Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for content contribution validation. A content contribution validation method includes receiving in memory of a host computing system, from over a computer communications network, a content contribution to existing content stored in data storage coupled to the host computing system. The method also includes selecting a portion of textual terms the contribution and generating a search query utilizing the selected portion. The method yet further includes querying the existing content by a processor of the host computing system using the search query and receiving a result set from the search query. Finally, the method includes determining by the processor whether or not the result set exceeds a threshold match and applying the content contribution to the existing content in response to a determination that the result set exceeds the threshold match, but otherwise rejecting the content contribution.

Content contribution validation

There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow. The base message schema is presented to the user and has at least one variable portion. A user selection of a variable portion of the base schema is received. The user is then provided with possible overlay schema information for the selected variable portion. A user selection of the schema to be overlaid on the selected variable portion is received. The selected overlay schema is associated with the base schema.

Deriving overlay information from a user input for a base message schema associated with a node in a message flow

The present invention discloses a navigation-independent system for accessing the elements of an integrated development environment (IDE) using uniform resource locators (URLs). Such a system can include a set of URL-accessible IDE elements, a set of URLs, and a URL operation tool. The set of URL-accessible IDE elements can represent a multitude of functional objects accessible by the IDE. Each URL-retrievable IDE element can include a set of meta data that contains key words describing the URL-accessible IDE element. Each URL in the set of URLs can be configured to provide a navigation-independent mechanism for accessing a corresponding URL-accessible IDE element. The URL operation tool can be configured to associate URLs with URL-accessible IDE elements and execute URL operations on the URL-accessible IDE elements.

Navigation-independent access to elements of an integrated development environment (IDE) using uniform resource locators (URLs)

A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for a web-based integrated test and debugging system is provided. The method includes configuring a proxy widget on a server to communicate with a debug widget on a browser, and configuring the proxy widget to communicate with an integrated development environment (IDE) external to the server. The method also includes running a process on the server associated with one or more process-control widgets on the browser. The method further includes polling the IDE via the proxy widget to access a debug and test infrastructure of the IDE for debug data associated with the process, and relaying the debug data associated with the process from the proxy widget to the debug widget to provide web-based integration of testing and debugging on the browser while the process is running on the server.

Web-based integrated test and debugging system

The present invention discloses a navigation-independent system for accessing the elements of a software integrated development environment (IDE) using uniform resource locators (URLs). Such a system can include a set of URL-accessible IDE elements, a set of URLs, and a URL operation tool. The set of URL-accessible IDE elements can represent a multitude of functional objects accessible by the software IDE. Each URL-retrievable IDE element can include a set of meta data that contains key words describing the URL-accessible IDE element. Each URL in the set of URLs can be configured to provide a navigation-independent mechanism for accessing a corresponding URL-accessible IDE element. The URL operation tool can be configured to associate URLs with URL-accessible IDE elements and execute URL operations on the URL-accessible IDE elements.

Solution providing navigation-independent access to elements of a software   integrated development environment (IDE) using uniform resource locators(URLs)

A solution for managing a program execution is provided. During execution of a program, macro data and error data can be generated and stored. The macro data includes a set of execution entries, each of which includes data for a user interface task for a user interface object and a time for the user interface task. The error data, if any, includes a set of failure entries, each of which includes data for an error event and a time for the error event. A failure entry can be subsequently correlated with at least one execution entry based on the corresponding times. Further, relationship data and/or the like can be used to generate a test case, which can enable the user interface tasks that led up to the error event to be recreated.

Correlating macro and error data for debugging program error event

A system for updating a domain model and generating a formatted output is disclosed. The system comprises a template driven emitter which processes a template file. The template file comprises directives which direct extraction of data from a source data model into a target data model. The template file also comprises directives for manipulating the DOM tree of the data model. The template driven emitter generates a DOM tree for the source data model and a DOM tree for the template file. The template driven emitter utilizes the DOM tree to navigate the data model and extract data as specified according to the directives in the template file. The template file is written as a text file and expressed in XML.

XML based system for updating a domain model and generating a formatted output

A software tool to allow a user to compare a base file containing XML statements to a modified file and from the comparison, create a third file. The comparison between the base and modified files results in a comparison tree which contains, as nodes, all of the information in the base file as well as the differences located in the modified file. Differences between the nodes of the two files are highlighted in a comparison tree and the user may resolve the differences to create a third file or optionally incorporate the selected differences into the base file. As nodes are examined in the comparison tree and decisions made as to which nodes to include in the third file, differences in the comparison tree are resolved. As a difference is resolved, any node in the comparison tree dependent upon the now resolved difference is no longer highlighted if it too has had the difference resolved. The tool is most commonly used to determine changes made to a source code base file and allows the individual maintaining a stable source code base to determine if the changes in the modified file should be integrated into the base file.

Comparison of hierarchical structures and merging of differences

A computer system having a graphical system user interface for accepting input from a user to create objects in an object-oriented computing environment. The system user interface generates an XML-compliant template file reflecting the work-flow defined by input fiom the user. A macro list generator displays a representation of the template file and prompts for user interface customization options based on the template file. The macro list generator generates an XML-compliant macro list file reflecting interface customization. The system has a custom interface generator to present the customized interface to the user, having prompts derived from the macro list data. The customized interface generator accepts input from the user in response to the customized interface prompts and generates an XML-compliant application file corresponding to the template file as modified to reflect responses of the user to the customized interface prompts.

Automatic generation of fastpath applications

Methods, systems and computer program products generate a computer program design for an object oriented application using a modeling tool. The computer program design is mapped to a data model in an object oriented environment. The computer program design is mapped to the data model using a mapping convention that includes name space mapping, class specification and programming model mapping. Using the mapping convention, a generated computer program design may be mapped to the data model without reference to any specialization from the programming model, with default specializations from the programming model, or with developer customizations of specializations from the programming model.

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Dorian Birsan