Object oriented distributed programming system for computer controlled networks with selective capture of program property data identifying a particular program version

A computer controlled user-interactive object-oriented programming system network comprising:

• a database having a plurality of programming objects, each object including
• a framework comprising a plurality of data attributes and a method of manipulating said data attributes, and
• predetermined interface data defining a required common interface with the other programming objects,
• a plurality of user-interactive terminals,
• communication means for linking said terminals with said database,
• user-interactive means associated with said terminals for accessing and interfacing a plurality of said programming objects with each other to provide combination objects combining programming functions of said objects,
• said objects and combination objects being further combinable to form objects of increasing complexity which function as program versions,
• means for detecting the occurrence of predefined combined programming functions, and
• means responsive to said detecting means for automatically recording program property data identifying the program version having said detected combined programming functions.

In a computer controlled user-interactive object-oriented programming system network comprising:

• a database having a plurality of programming objects, each object including
• a framework comprising a plurality of data attributes and a method of manipulating said data attributes, and
• predetermined interface data defining a required common interface with the other programming objects;
• a plurality of user-interactive terminals;
• communication means for linking said terminals with said database;
• user-interactive means associated with said terminals for accessing and interfacing a plurality of said programming objects with each other to provide combination objects combining programming functions of said objects and
• user-interactive means for further interfacing said objects and combination objects to form objects of increasing complexity which function as program versions;
• a method of selective recording of program property data identifying the program version comprising:
• storing selected predefined combined programming functions,
• detecting the occurrence of said predefined combined programming functions, and
• automatically recording program property data identifying the programming version having said detected combined programming functions in response to said detection.