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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Sikta Pany, Orissa, IN;
Smruti R. Sarangi, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Sikta Pany, Orissa, IN;
Smruti R. Sarangi, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06F 15/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a larger-scale context such as that of a workflow system, a mechanism and a set of rules are for looking up a parameter in a hierarchical symbol table. In accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention, the approach is bottom-up, and uses rules defined in an arbitration table to determine a correct version of the parameter. A distributed design is broadly contemplated herein, wherein different symbol tables need not be disposed on one and the same machine. This can permit a greater degree of scalability and error tolerance.