Claims
- 1. In a distributed network environment having a server computer system and a plurality of managed resources, each resource maintaining a plurality of objects, a method of representing at least one of the objects comprising:
receiving a first schema document that conforms to a property sheet definition such that the first schema document defines a property sheet; receiving a two or more schema documents that conform to a property page definition to thereby define a plurality of property pages, wherein at least one property page originates from a first resource and at least one property page originates from a second resource, the second resource being different from the first resource; modifying the property sheet to include the received property pages; and wherein the property sheet represents the object.
- 2. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the property sheet comprises object-type information applicable to objects of the same type, and wherein the property pages comprise resource-specific information.
- 3. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a request to display information related to an instance of an object; accessing the property sheet related to the object-type of the instance of the object; displaying object-type information gleaned from the property sheet; using the property pages of the property sheet, displaying information related to resources associated with the instance of the object; requesting the resources associated with the instance of the object to supply instance-specific information; and displaying received instance-specific information from the associated resources.
- 4. A method as defined in claim 3 wherein at least one property page includes a pointer to executable code on its associated resource for resolving a request for instance specific information.
- 5. A method as defined in claim 4 wherein the code relates to a search engine on the associated resource.
- 6. A method as defined in claim 1 wherein the predetermined definitions for the property sheet and property pages are XML document type definitions.
- 7. A computer program product readable by a computer and encoding instructions for executing the method recited in claim 1.
- 8. A computer program product readable by a computer and encoding instructions for executing the method recited in claim 2.
- 9. A computer program product readable by a computer and encoding instructions for executing the method recited in claim 3.
- 10. A computer program product readable by a computer and encoding instructions for executing the method recited in claim 6.
- 11. In a network environment having multiple resources, a computer program product readable by a computer and having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
a property sheet; a first property page associated with a first resource; a second property page associated with a second resource; and wherein the first and second property pages are stored in association with the property sheet.
- 12. A computer program product as defined in claim 11 wherein the property sheet relates to object type information and wherein the property pages relate to resource-specific information.
- 13. A computer program product as defined in claim 12 wherein at least one property page includes a pointer to executable code on its associated resource for resolving a request for instance specific information.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority of the following U.S. provisional applications, all of which are incorporated herein by reference: Serial No. 60/255,044, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Framework for Web-Based Integration of Management Applications; Serial No. 60/255,051, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Schema Driven User Task Architecture; Serial No. 60/255,238, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Schema Driven Property Pages; Serial No. 60/255,041, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Schema Driven Search; Serial No. 60/255,153, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Search Engine Extensibility; Serial No. 60/255,043, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled Management Portal Explorer; Serial No. 60/255,050, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled ______; Serial No. 60/255,042, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled ______; and Serial No. 60/255,052, filed Dec. 11, 2000, titled ______.
[0002] This application is related to the following commonly assigned U.S. patent applications, all of which were filed concurrently with this application, and all of which are incorporated herein by reference: Serial No. ______, (Attorney Docket Number 40062.153USU1/MS167417.2), filed Dec. 11, 2001, titled User Interface for Managing Multiple Network Resources; Serial No. ______, (Attorney Docket Number 40062.147USU1/MS167411.2), filed Dec. 11, 2001, titled Method and System for Management of Multiple Network Resources; Serial No. ______, (Attorney Docket Number 40062.151USU1/MS167419.2), filed Dec. 11, 2001, titled Method and System for Query-Based Management of Multiple Network Resources; Serial No. ______, (Attorney Docket Number 40062.148USU1/MS167412.2), filed Dec. 11, 2001, titled Method and System for Task-Based Management of Multiple Network Resources; and Serial No. ______, (Attorney Docket Number 40062.152USU1/MS167416.2), filed Dec. 11, 2001, titled Navigation Tool for Accessing Workspaces and Modules in a Graphical User Interface.
Provisional Applications (9)
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60255044 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255051 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255238 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255041 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255153 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255043 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255050 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255042 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60255052 |
Dec 2000 |
US |