Abstract: The resource management method of the present invention includes: storing (90) an instantiable model of a card intended to contain a resource description, said card model, during the instantiation thereof to create a new card, forcing the acquisition of: a card identifier, at least one access path containing an address, and a reference domain for each access path, the reference domain specifying, if the resource is an address, which computer application to execute from among a plurality of applications capable of being specified by the reference domain to contact the person corresponding to said address or to access the information corresponding to said address.