Managing an application variable using variable attributes

A computing device, in a technical computing environment, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• receive a notification that variable information, associated with a variable, is to be stored in a data structure associated with one or more logical workspaces,
• the variable information being generated by a first application associated with the one or more logical workspaces,
• an identifier of the variable being included in the first application, and
• the identifier of the variable being included in a second application,
• retrieve, from a memory and based on the notification, set up information associated with the variable,
• the set up information identifying a manner in which meta information, associated with the variable, is generated,
• generate meta information associated with the variable,
• the meta information being generated in the manner identified by the set up information, and
• the meta information including information associated with a temporal attribute of the variable and further including at least one of:
• information identifying a time at which the variable information was generated by the first application,
• information associated with a version of the variable,
• information associated with the first application,
• information associated with a contextual attribute of the variable,
• information associated with a visual attribute of the variable,
• information associated with the one or more logical workspaces,
• information associated with a spatial attribute of the variable,
• information associated with a temporal attribute of the first application, or
• information associated with a change log of the variable over a period of time, and
• associate the meta information with the variable information that is stored in a data structure associated with the one or more logical workspaces,
• associating the meta information permitting an operation to be performed on the meta information or the variable information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive a notification that variable information, associated with a variable, is stored in a data structure associated with a logical workspace,
• the variable information being generated by a first application associated with the logical workspace in which the variable is stored,
• an identifier of the variable being included in the first application, and
• the identifier of the variable being included in a second application;
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to retrieve, from a memory, set up information associated with the variable,
• the set up information identifying a manner in which meta information, associated with the variable, is generated;
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to generate, based on the notification, the meta information associated with the variable,
• the meta information being generated in the manner identified by the set up information, and
• the meta information including information associated with a temporal attribute of the variable and further including at least one of:
• information identifying a time at which the variable information was generated by the first application,
• information associated with a version of the variable,
• information associated with the first application,
• information associated with a contextual attribute of the variable,
• information associated with a visual attribute of the variable,
• information associated with the logical workspace,
• information associated with a spatial attribute of the variable,
• information associated with a temporal attribute of the first application,
• information associated with a change log of the variable over a period of time;
• and
• one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to associate the meta information with the variable information stored in the data structure associated with the logical workspace,
• the meta information being associated with the variable information to permit an operation to be performed on the meta information or the variable information.