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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
J. Anthony East, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Bennett, Duvall, WA (US);
Paul C. Barr, Redmond, WA (US);
Aidan T. Hughes, Bellevue, WA (US);
J. Anthony East, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Bennett, Duvall, WA (US);
Paul C. Barr, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A metadata-based application model for software systems provides for the integration and storing of application metadata with the application itself effectively replacing the system registry. In calling or updating the application components or modules, queries to the metadata within the application folders returns references to the files with metadata that matches the query. The component or modules are called or updated within the file using the returned reference. The present invention also provides a data structure comprising a data field for the application code and another field for the metadata.