We have got many intra-data dependencies in cockpit, especially in the process definition and process instance views. In order to reduce the mess created by all these dependencies, we need to build a utility that allows us to deal with those dependencies by:

• offering a way to declare data (i.e. process instance, process definition, selection, BPMN 2.0 xml)
• offering a way to declare dependence on data
• automatically filling the gap between both

Refer to discussion in the team