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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Janette S. J. Wong, North York, CA;
Balasingham Balakumaran, Toronto, CA;
Richard T. Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Mark W. Hubbard, Maple, CA;
Jacob T. Vandergoot, Bradford, CA;
Yi (Andy) Zhuang, Markham, CA;
Janette S. J. Wong, North York, CA;
Balasingham Balakumaran, Toronto, CA;
Richard T. Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, NY (US);
Mark W. Hubbard, Maple, CA;
Jacob T. Vandergoot, Bradford, CA;
Yi (Andy) Zhuang, Markham, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism to enable context-sensitive attributes which comprise an attribute value and a context value defining the applicability of the attribute value in a computer application. The mechanism is adapted to manipulate the context-sensitive attributes, for example to facilitate creation of attribute values with associated context values, retrieve attribute values associated with a specific context value and search based on attribute values within a context value.