Abstract: An apparatus for drying the air inside of hermetically sealed electronic devices. The apparatus includes a desiccant part and an activation piece that is attached to the desiccant part. The desiccant part and activation piece are attached together and then covered, except for the portions where the two pieces are attached, with a polymer that has a low moisture vapor transmission rate, such as parylene. The apparatus may be added into an electronic device during assembly. The desiccant, or drying agent, is not activated, by removal of the activation piece, until prior to closure of the hermetically sealed electronic device.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying the air inside of hermetically sealed electronic devices. The apparatus includes a desiccant part and an activation piece that is attached to the desiccant part. The desiccant part and activation piece are attached together and then covered, except for the portions where the two pieces are attached, with a polymer that has a low moisture vapor transmission rate, such as parylene. The apparatus may be added into an electronic device during assembly. The desiccant, or drying agent, is not activated, by removal of the activation piece, until prior to closure of the hermetically sealed electronic device.

Abstract: A method and system for accessing and sharing metadata amongst a number of data marts through the use of object referencing. A global repository is created. Shared folders containing metadata is contained in the global repository. Any number of data marts can be linked to the global repository. Stored within the folders of the linked data marts are references pointing to certain metadata stored in the shared folders of the global repository. Multiple data marts can reference the same metadata in the global repository. Thereby, the same metadata can be accessed, used, and shared by multiple users across different data marts, provided that they have been granted the proper authority. New metadata can be promoted from a linked data mart into the global repository so that it can be shared, and updates to shared metadata can be automatically propagated to all users referencing that metadata.