System and method for managing capabilities in a network

A computer readable medium storing a computer program to provide capabilities management in a processor-controlled network, the program comprising:

• computer readable code to receive a first capabilities data structure having at least a first dataset from a primary service;
• computer readable code to receive at least a second capabilities data structure having at least a second dataset from one or more secondary services;
• computer readable code to dynamically retrieve data from services that are available in the computer distributed work environment;
• computer readable code to combine in real-time a first dataset of the first data structure and a second dataset of the second data structure into a seamlessly interleaved combined capabilities data structure with all preexisting data of the first data structure;
• computer readable code to implement, when combining, a data agnostic process that uses the first structure rather than a data payload itself to enable loose coupling of components in the computer distributed workflow environment;
• computer readable code to provide services within the network based on the combined capabilities data structure;
• computer readable code to provide awareness of structural aspects of the first and second datasets that are pertinent to aggregation without duplication of data within the combined capabilities data structure;
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• computer readable code to use a local service to decouple the combined capabilities data structure for resolving any locally-defined features at each service.