Trusted access by an extendible framework method, system, article of manufacture, and computer program product

A computer implemented method of identifying and associating appropriate actions to a selected artifact in a framework providing a customized application program, said method comprising the steps of:

• specifying a metamodel for a capture of relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact;
• implementing the metamodel as a plugin, said plugin being integratable into the framework and allowing another plugin of the framework to access the relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact;
• generating a collection artifact containing an empty instantiation of the metamodel in which an instantiation of the metamodel may be stored;
• sending, from the framework, the collection artifact to a target platform;
• instantiating, on the target platform, the collection artifact containing an instance of the selected artifact, each instantiation of the selected artifact instance containing attributes characteristics, and a replica of the selected artifact's content;
• transmitting the instantiated collection artifact back to the framework;
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• analyzing the selected artifact's attributes and characteristics contained in the instantiated collection artifact to ascertain appropriate access and actions allowed on the selected artifact.

A computer system identifying and associating appropriate actions to a selected artifact in a framework providing a customized application program, said computer system comprising:

• a metamodel specifying relevant information for capture pertaining to the selected artifact;
• a plugin implementation of the metamodel, said plugin being integratable into the framework and allowing another plugin of the framework to access the relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact;
• a collection artifact containing an empty instantiation of the metamodel in which an instantiation of the metamodel may be stored;
• a transmission, from the framework, of the collection artifact to a target platform;
• an instance, on the target platform, of the collection artifact containing an instance of the selected artifact, each instantiation of the selected artifact instance containing attributes characteristics, and a replica of the selected artifact's content;
• a transmission of the instantiated collection artifact back to the framework;
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• a plugin for analyzing the selected artifact's attributes and characteristics contained in the instantiated collection artifact to ascertain appropriate access and actions allowed on the selected artifact.