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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1988
Barbara A Barker, Round Rock, TX (US);
Thomas R Edel, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey A Stark, Grapevine, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system represents a variable construct within a structured data stream. Structured data streams typically include a plurality of components, each component having multiple parameters therein. A trigger or other flag element within the data stream is utilized to provide a link or reference to a variable construct definition which has been created by the data stream originator or an independent end user. The variable construct definition is then utilized to determine previously nonexistent data which may then be utilized to process at least a portion of the data stream. In this manner, variable data within a structured data stream may be processed by linking the variable data to a non-variable construct within the data stream.