Active properties for dynamic system configuration

摘要

A document management system is provided which organizes, stores and retrieves documents according to properties attached to the documents. A property attachment mechanism allows a user to attach arbitrary static and active properties to a document. The active properties include executable code which dynamically change system configuration of the document in response to a triggering event which is predefined by the user. The present invention eliminates the generally tedious and error-prone process of configuring and reconfiguring an existing system configuration in response to new or changing user needs. <IMAGE>