Patent 7526734 was granted and assigned to SAP on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and apparatuses for providing a user interface for editing and deploying an enterprise application are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary user interface includes, but not limited to, a first window to display a graphical representation of a first component, a second window to display one or more properties associated with the first component when the graphical representation is activated, and wherein the one or more properties include a reference field to display a dependency relationship with a second component, the dependency relationship including an indication indicating strength of the dependency relationship. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.