Method for dynamically linking two objects in two different models

In a computer system executing a repository program, a method for retrieving an object identifier of a first object associated with a second object dynamically linked to said first object using a single namespace for associating said objects, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. receiving an object identifier of said second object and an association name therefor;
• b. using said association name to extract a namespace object from said repository program, wherein said namespace object is a part of said repository program for containing association names;
• c. getting an object corresponding to said object identifier of said second object;
• d. determining name of association between said namespace object and said second object;
• e. determining if name of said association is valid, and if so;
• and,
• f. storing said name of association as an object identifier of said first of said two objects.

A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for dynamically linking two objects in two different models within a repository program being executed by a computer using a single namespace for associating said objects, wherein, when the computer program code is executed by the computer, the computer program code causes the computer to perform the steps of:

• a. receiving object identifiers of each of said two objects and an association name from a computer program using said method;
• b. using said association name to extract a namespace object from said repository program, wherein said namespace object is a part of said repository program for containing association names;
• c. determining if an association already exists between either one of said two objects and said namespace object, and if not;
• d. changing said association name of a first of said two objects and said namespace to an object identifier of a second of said two objects;
• and
• e. changing said association name of said second of said two objects and said namespace to an object identifier of said first of said two objects.