Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and computer software products for publishing, or displaying, structured data at a website, such that information structures specified by application-specific data generated at a client can be transferred to a server to be automatically expanded into corresponding information structures displayable by a website. Thus, for example, a user may produce a structured document using a program such as Microsoft Project, and wish to have it displayed at a website for display to other members of a work group. According to the present invention, the user executes a web browser, accesses the system's webpage, and drags and drops an icon representing the application-specific structured data onto an Inbox Control displayed on the website. The system of the present invention converts the application-specific data into source-independent data and transfers the data to the server.

Abstract: A computer program executes a simulation. The computer program includes a plurality of service programs, where the service programs are configured to collectively determine simulated attributes of objects of an environment under simulated operation. Each service is associated with at least a subset of object attributes in an object database. Furthermore, each service is executing at a rate independent of the other services, and at least some of the services access and operate upon object attributes, from the object database, with which the service is associated. A write queue program is associated with each service, to queue write requests from the service to write determined simulated attributes to the object database. Nodes coordinate execution of the queued requests to cause the determined simulated attributes to be written to the object database in a manner such that each service has a coherent view of all the object attributes.

Abstract: A computer program product is provided for use with a computer system to execute a simulation. The computer program product includes a plurality of service computer-readable program code means. The service program code means are configured to collectively determine simulated attributes of objects of an environment under simulated operation. Each service program code means is associated with at least a subset of object attributes in an object context. At least some of the service program code means include attribute accessing computer-readable program code means coupling the service program code means to the attributes in the object context for intercommunication therebetween and for operating upon the object attributes. The intercommunication is based on identifications of the attributes by the service programs that are recognizable by the object context.