A system and method is provided that facilitates the administration of an
application in accordance with the present invention. The system includes
a resource identifier that identifies resources associated with the
application and a manifest that logs the resources. An aggregator is
provided that aggregates a subset of the resources into the manifest to
facilitate administration of the application. The aggregator can be
provided by a user interface and/or an automated builder. A graphical user
interface is also provided to facilitate deployment, creation and
enumeration of the application.