US 20030221162A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2003/0221162 Al
Sridhar (43) Pub. Date: Nov. 27,2003
(54) META-TEMPLATES IN WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND METHODS THEREFOR
(76) Inventor: Mandayam Andampillai Sridhar, San
Jose, CA (US)
Correspondence Address:
IPSG, PC.
P.O. BOX 700640
SAN JOSE, CA 95170-0640 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/017,901
(22) Filed: Dec. 14, 2001
Related U.S. Application Data
(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/531,980, filed on Mar. 20, 2000.
Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/546,952, filed on Apr. 11, 2000.
Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/765,058, filed on Jan. 16, 2001.
Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/764,321, filed on Jan. 16, 2001.
Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/995,006, filed on Nov. 26, 2001.
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 17/00
(52) U.S. C I 715/501.1
(57) ABSTRACT
A computer-implemented method for creating a plurality of webpages, which includes providing a meta-template having therein at least one of a tag and a variable. There is included providing a user data model. There is further included expanding the meta-template against the first user data model using a template expander at build time, thereby obtaining a template. There is further included expanding the template at run time against a data source, thereby obtaining codes implementing a webpage.
