Patent attributes
An information processing apparatus that is one embodiment of the present invention: detects execution of software in any of a host environment, and one or more virtual environments; and acquires discrimination information indicating that a detected environment is a first environment, and first name information indicating a name of the software in a name space of the first environment. The information processing apparatus acquires, based on the discrimination information, second name information indicating a name of the first environment in a name space of a second environment. The information processing apparatus converts, based on the second name information, the first name information into third name information indicating a name of the software in the name space of the second environment. The information processing apparatus acquires, based on the third name information, information on the software from an accessible resource.