System and method for providing supplemental functionalities to a computer program via an ontology instance

A tangible, machine-readable, non-transitory media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, effectuate operations comprising:

• causing an executable program associated with an ontology to be run, wherein the ontology comprises information indicating attributes for a set of applications;
• obtaining an instance of the ontology, wherein the ontology instance comprises information indicating attributes for an application of the set of applications;
• using the ontology instance to generate supplemental information for the running executable program, wherein the supplemental information defines one or more functionalities of the application;
• and
• providing the supplemental information as input to the running executable program,
• wherein the supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the application to be made available via the running executable program.

A system comprising:

• one or more computer systems comprising one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computer systems to:
• cause an executable program associated with an ontology to be run, wherein the ontology comprises information indicating attributes for a set of applications;
• obtain an instance of the ontology, wherein the ontology instance comprises information indicating attributes for an application of the set of applications;
• use the ontology instance to generate supplemental information for the running executable program, wherein the supplemental information defines one or more functionalities of the application;
• and
• provide the supplemental information as input to the running executable program,
• wherein the supplemental information, at least in part, causes the one or more functionalities of the application to be made available via the running executable program without recompiling the executable program.