Method and system for generating a view incorporating semantically resolved data values

A computer system for generating a view using a semantic form, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• storage accessible to said processor;
• computer executable instructions executed by said at least one processor and causing said at least one processor to:
• store, in said storage, a first set of declarations in a metadata data model retrieved from a view definition for said semantic form, said first set of declarations being for a first set of view configuration data specifying how a first part of a view is to be laid out, said first set of declarations being static and having a first set of semantic descriptions provided for said first set of view configuration data;
• store, in said storage, a second set of declarations in said metadata data model that are associated with said first set of declarations for a second set of view configuration data specifying consistently both (a) a layout specifying how a second part of a view is to be laid out, and (b) data that is to be displayed according to said specified layout in said second part of said view, said second set of declarations being updatable and having a second set of semantic descriptions provided for said second set of view configuration data;
• semantically resolve at least one request for a set of requested data to a subset of said first set of view configuration data and a subset of said second set of view configuration data using said semantic descriptions provided for said first and second sets of view configuration data and said requested data;
• and
• update a view rendered from said subset of said first set of view configuration data and said subset of said second set of view configuration data whenever said subset of said second set of view configuration data, to which the at least one request for a set of requested data was semantically resolved, is updated, said first and second parts of said updated view being laid out according to said first and second sets of view configuration data respectively, and said updated view displaying at least one updated value of view configuration data in said subset of said second set of view configuration data.

A method for generating a view using a semantic form, comprising:

• receiving, via a computer system, a static first set of declarations for a first set of view configuration data in a metadata data model from a view definition for said semantic form, said first set of declarations having a first set of semantic descriptions provided for said first set of view configuration data, said first set of view configuration data specifying how a first part of a view is to be laid out;
• receiving, in said storage, a second set of declarations in said metadata data model that are associated with said first set of declarations for a second set of view configuration data, said second set of view configuration data specifying consistently both (a) a layout specifying how a second part of a view is to be laid out, and (b) data that is to be displayed according to said specified layout in said second part of said view, said second set of declarations being updatable and having a second set of semantic descriptions provided for said second set of view configuration data;
• semantically resolving, via said computer system, at least one request for a set of requested data to a subset of said first set of view configuration data and said second set of view configuration data using said semantic descriptions provided for said first and second sets of view configuration data and said requested data;
• and
• updating a view rendered from said subset of said first set of view configuration data and said second set of view configuration data whenever said second set of declarations, to which the at least one request for a set of requested data was semantically resolved, is updated, said first and second parts of said updated view being laid out according to said first and second sets of view configuration data respectively.

A computer system for generating a view using a semantic form, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• storage accessible to said processor;
• computer executable instructions executed by said at least one processor and causing said at least one processor to:
• receive, via a computer system, a static first set of declarations in a metadata data model from a view definition for said semantic form, said first set of declarations being for a first set of view configuration data specifying how a first part of a view is to be laid out, said first set of declarations having a first set of semantic descriptions provided for said first set of view configuration data;
• receive, in said storage, a second set of declarations in said metadata data model that are associated with said first set of declarations for a second set of view configuration data specifying consistently both (a) a layout specifying how a second part of a view is to be laid out, and (b) data that is to be displayed according to said specified layout in said second part of said view, said second set of declarations being updatable and having a second set of semantic descriptions provided for said second set of view configuration data;
• semantically resolve, via said computer system, at least one request for a set of requested data to a subset of said first set of view configuration data and said second set of view configuration data using semantic descriptions provided for said first and second sets of view configuration data and said requested data;
• and
• update a view rendered from said subset of said first set of view configuration data and said second set of view configuration data whenever said second set of view configuration data, to which the at least one request for a set of requested data was semantically resolved, is updated, said first and second parts of said updated view being laid out according to said first and second sets of view configuration data respectively, and said updated view displaying at least one updated value of view configuration data in said second set of view configuration data.

A method for generating a view using a semantic form, comprising:

• receiving, via a server computer system, a static first set of declarations for a first set of view configuration data in a metadata data model from a view definition for said semantic form said first set of declarations being for a first set of view configuration data specifying how a first part of a view is to be laid out, said first set of declarations having a first set of semantic descriptions provided for said first set of view configuration data;
• receiving, via said server computer system, a second set of declarations in said metadata data model that are associated with said first set of declarations for a second set of view configuration data specifying consistently both (a) a layout specifying how a second part of a view is to be laid out, and (b) data that is to be displayed according to said specified layout in said second part of said view, said second set of declarations being updatable and having a second set of semantic descriptions provided for said second set of view configuration data;
• semantically resolving, via said server computer system, at least one request for a set of requested data to a subset of said first set of view configuration data and said second set of view configuration data using semantic descriptions provided for said first and second sets of view configuration data and said requested data;
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• transmitting, via said server computer system, an updated subset of said requested data to a personal computing device whenever said second set of view configuration data is updated.