20080281838 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DEPENDENCIES BETWEEN ITEMS IN A GRAPH IN AN EXTENSIBLE SYSTEM - A dependency determination system and method determines dependencies among extensions of an extensible system based upon a directed graph thereof. Dependencies between extensions in an extensible system are expressed as a directed graph. Given the dependency graph for an extensible system or its data, the dependency system can traverse the graph and operate on or find the correct order for the extensions in the extensible system or for the data created by extensions in the extensible system. Constructing the dependency graph is done with knowledge of the extensions in question and is constructed by input from the extensions. Consequently, input from extensions is first gathered to construct the graph. | 11-13-2008 |