Method and apparatus for providing topology based enterprise management
services
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for providing topology based enterprise management services 失效
    用于提供基于拓扑的企业管理服务的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5878431A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-02

    申请号:US725442

    申请日:1996-10-04

    IPC分类号: G06F9/50 G06F17/30

    摘要: A method and system with associated data structures for providing management of topological associations between objects. The methods define an application programs interface (API) which specifies a consistent approach for the design of application programs to manage topological associations between objects. Objects each represent an aspect of a resource which is useful to a particular application program. Application programs define a resource aspect type for each object to be managed by the API. Objects are specified to the API by application programs along with resource names to identify a resource. The methods and structures of the present invention automatically recognize when the resource names of an object to be managed identify the same resource as other managed objects to thereby allow information to be more readily shared among disparate application programs and to reduce redundant storage of information by those programs.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有相关数据结构的方法和系统,用于提供对象间拓扑关联的管理。 该方法定义了一个应用程序接口(API),它指定了应用程序设计的一致方法来管理对象之间的拓扑关联。 对象每个表示对特定应用程序有用的资源的一个方面。 应用程序为API要管理的每个对象定义资源方面类型。 对象由应用程序与资源名称一起指定给API,以标识资源。 本发明的方法和结构自动识别待管理对象的资源名称何时识别与其他被管理对象相同的资源,从而允许在不同的应用程序之间更容易地共享信息,并且减少那些信息的冗余存储 程式。