Interactive filtering model to enhance a software component meta management system

A system for selecting software components from a hierarchical directory, comprising:

• a plurality of software components;
• a plurality of hierarchical component descriptors, each hierarchical component descriptor corresponding to a particular software component of the plurality of software components;
• logic for scoring each of the plurality of software components to produce a ranking, the scoring based upon applying keyword matching rules to the hierarchical component descriptors;
• and
• logic for modifying the hierarchical component descriptors based upon the scoring.

A computer programming product for selecting software components from a hierarchical directory, comprising:

• a memory;
• logic, stored on the memory, for applying keyword matching rules to hierarchical component descriptors, each hierarchical component descriptor corresponding to a particular software component of a plurality of software components;
• logic, stored on the memory, for filtering the plurality of software components to produce a subset;
• logic, stored on the memory, for scoring the subset of the plurality of software components to produce a ranking, the scoring based upon applying the keyword matching rules to the hierarchical component descriptors;
• logic, stored on the memory, for displaying a list of the subset of the plurality of software components along with the corresponding rankings;
• and
• logic, stored on the memory, for modifying the hierarchical component descriptors based upon a selection of a particular software component from the list.