Unified Component Storefront for Enterprise Repository Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organizations face challenges in managing and reusing development components due to their complexity and dispersion across different repositories, making it difficult for users to find, understand, and utilize them effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for presenting and managing development components through a storefront-like interface, which includes a component manager that facilitates user interaction, sharing, and reuse by providing context-based content, easy search, and customization options, allowing users to access and utilize development components from various sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If development components are stored in multiple different repositories, then the quantity and variety of components increase, but the difficulty of finding and understanding components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple scattered development component repositories into a single unified portal interface. This portal aggregates components from various sources and types, presenting them through a common access point that simplifies navigation and discovery while maintaining the diversity and quantity of available components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a portal as an intermediary layer between users and the underlying complex repository structure. This portal acts as a mediator that translates diverse component sources into a unified presentation, hiding the complexity of multiple repositories while providing easy access to all components through standardized interfaces and search capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If development components are made accessible through a portal, then ease of access improves, but the complexity of managing diverse component types increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal portal interface that handles multiple types of development components through standardized mechanisms. The portal provides common search, navigation, and access functions that work across different component types, eliminating the need for separate management systems for each component category while maintaining ease of access for users.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive information is provided about components, then understanding improves, but the complexity of the interface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments component information into organized categories and structured sections within the portal interface. By dividing comprehensive component data into manageable segments such as descriptions, metadata, usage examples, and technical specifications, the system maintains information completeness while preventing interface overload through systematic organization and hierarchical presentation.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and software for managing development components or other enterprise content—whether developed internally or by third parties—are described herein. One method for managing reusable development components includes identifying a first development component of a first type. This first development component is stored in a repository, with the repository including a plurality of other development components with at least a second development component of a second type. The method then includes presenting an interface to a user operable to display information for at least the first and second development components.