Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technical foundation for the development of software applications using Object Oriented Technology and frameworks. The present invention solves this problem with a framework allowing the modeling of businesses with a multiple level organizational structure. The present invention is applicable in the technical field of application development of software systems, e.g. for a business application as Financial or Logistic and Distribution, wherein it is the purpose of frameworks to provide significant portions of the application that are common across multiple implementations of the application in a general manner, easy to extend for specific implementation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2000
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
James Carey, Brent Carlson, Timothy Graser, Anders Nilsson