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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2005
Stephanie L. Chafe, Ottawa, CA;
Daniel D. Leroux, Redcar Crescent, CA;
Christie B. Mcgee, Carp, CA;
Steven R. Shaw, Ottawa, CA;
Stephanie L. Chafe, Ottawa, CA;
Daniel D. Leroux, Redcar Crescent, CA;
Christie B. McGee, Carp, CA;
Steven R. Shaw, Ottawa, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer method and apparatus for visual modeling software programs represents a topic by providing a respective topic diagram. The topic diagram is non-editable and has non-persisting notation data. The topic diagram demonstrates a respective set of relationships between one or more given elements representative of the subject topic. The topic diagram is derived based on a query which saves search criteria and information that enables an editor to generate the diagram notation data. There are different topic providers for different queries. A topic service manages the topic providers and processes client calls (requests) regarding specific context and query. Queries are end-user customizable and are extensible per topic.