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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Chris Alan Schwendiman, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen M. Tee, Marble Falls, TX (US);
Teerasit Tinnakul, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Chris Alan Schwendiman, Round Rock, TX (US);
Stephen M. Tee, Marble Falls, TX (US);
Teerasit Tinnakul, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for maintaining object configuration data in a data processing system is provided. A first set of attribute entries is stored in a database. The first set of attribute entries is associated with a first object classification and a second object classification. A second set and a third set of attribute entries each including at least one attribute entry are stored in the database. The second set of attribute entries is associated with the first object classification, and the third set of attribute entries are associated with the second object classification. A first object of the first object classification is configured with the first set of attribute entries and the second set of attribute entries, and a second object of the second object classification is configured with the first set of attribute entries and the third set of attribute entries.