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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Sami M. Shalabi, Arlington, MA (US);
Antonio Estrada, Nashua, NH (US);
Mustansir Banatwala, Hudson, NH (US);
Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);
Sami M. Shalabi, Arlington, MA (US);
Antonio Estrada, Nashua, NH (US);
Mustansir Banatwala, Hudson, NH (US);
Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods on objects in a distributed environment are accessed and invoked on a system including a plurality of server objects instantiated in the environment in the same address domain, which share a same user directory and authentication system, are on a same user network, and are administered by a single administration team. A service catalog is provided for cataloging a plurality of objects as nodes on a tree, objects including the plurality of servers objects within the distributed environment. A document file is provided for encapsulating cataloged relationships of server objects in the distributed environment and for storing object attributes generated by traversing the tree.